ABSTRACT
In an attempt to introduce some precision, psychologists generally suggest that personality should be taken to include only affective and conative traits, that are traits to do with emotionality and with willing and desiring, and should not cover cognitive traits like intelligence and creativity, though inevitably it will interact with them at a number of points. Knowledge of the apparent importance of heredity in personality comes from a number of other studies into temperament in young babies and also from so-called twin studies. The role of the adult would appear to be to help the child's development within the boundaries laid down by inheritance, rather than to expect him to conform to some theoretical notion of what personality in children ought ideally to be. One of the arguments against too formal and rigid a school environment is that it hinders the growth of initiative by preventing the child from taking the lead in any aspect of his work.
