Personality is one of the key concepts of philosophy, sociology and psychology. This term is often found not only in scientific research and treatises, but also in our everyday life. How often do we hear in everyday life such phrases as “odious personality”, “interesting personality”, “outstanding personality”. But what is she like? And what does the word "personality" mean?
There are many definitions of this concept. If you combine and simplify them, it turns out that the personality is a system of moral and moral qualities of a person acquired by him in the process of interaction with society. That is, the individual is not endowed with it from birth, it is formed in the process of cognition of the world and communication with other people.
Personality is a quality that manifests itself in the processes of activity, creativity, perception and communication. It is divided into several components - temperament, character, abilities, as well as cognitive-cognitive, need-motivational and emotional-volitional spheres. Temperament is a feature of perception and neuro-dynamic organization of personality. Character is a generalized concept that includes the whole spectrum of stable psychological properties of a person. Abilities are personality traits that provide the ability to perform various types of activities.
It should also be borne in mind that personality is not an integral monolithic quality, it is a whole system of various properties. Its main features include emotionality, activity, self-regulation and motivation. Emotionality determines a person’s sensitivity to various situations that arise and the dynamics of the emergence and flow of experiences in him. By activity is meant the frequency and completeness of the performance of certain actions. Self-regulation is an arbitrary control by the personality of one or another of its parameters. And motivation is a character-motivating structure. A holistic personality has the full totality of these qualities.
At all times, there were problems such as personality and society, or the state and personality. Sometimes conflicts between the individual and society can occur. Their reasons lie in the impossibility of satisfying the needs of the individual in communication, self-realization and activity in this social structure. In order to avoid such conflicts, the state issues laws to protect human rights. Thus, a comfortable existence of the individual as part of the state and society is achieved.
Interpersonal conflicts are another flip side of the desire for self-expression. Their solution is devoted to entire sections of psychology. After all, a person is a complex of interests, principles and judgments that do not always coincide with the thoughts of those around him. To achieve a calm and peaceful society, you need to learn to avoid conflict situations and see individuality in the people around you. Probably, this will someday become possible, as society is developing for the better every day. In the meantime, we can only learn to see the personality not only in ourselves, but in each of those around us.
