Correct Answer - Option 2 : Interaction between Heredity and Environment
Personality is the totality of one’s behavior towards one’s own self as well as others. It spreads over the subconscious and unconscious behavior of the person.
- Personality includes everything about the person, his/her physical, emotional, social, mental, and spiritual make-up.
- It refers to the different aspects of a person's character such as his/her interest, behavior, cognition, etc.
Personality is a joint product of heredity and environment as:
- all the mental and social traits depend on the environment.
- all the potential inputs for growth and development depend on heredity.
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all the inborn traits, instincts, potentials, and I. Q. depends on heredity.
- heredity places limit on IQ and the environment determines the numeric position of IQ within these limits.
Hence, it could be concluded that human personality is the result of interaction between Heredity and Environment.
- Heredity: It refers to the traits that pass down from the parents to their offspring. It is the most important personality and intelligence determinant.
- Environment: It refers to the circumstances in which an individual lives. Child's immediate environment strongly influenced their personality and intelligence.
