An individual's personality
is an aggregate conglomeration of decisions we've made throughout
our lives (Bradshaw). There are inherent natural, genetic,
and environmental factors that contribute to the development
of our personality; however, in the pursuit of a more defined
persona, many individuals enroll in courses offered in colleges
to further or enhance the image they intend to project to
others. These classes assist in identifying your conscious
traits and contrasting them with what you intend to exhibit.
According to process of socialization, "personality also
colors our values, beliefs, and expectations...Hereditary
factors that contribute to personality development do so as
a result of interactions with the particular social environment
in which people live." There are several personality
types as Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers illustrated
in several personalities typology tests. These tests only
provide enlightenment based on the preliminary insight scored
according to the answers judged by the parameters of the test.
Other theories on personality development are Jean Piaget
stages of development, and personality development in Sigmund
Freud 's theory being formed through the interaction of id,
ego and superego. |