ABSTRACT
Personality is defined in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary as ‘that assemblage of qualities which makes a person unique’. Mature adult personality arises from a combination of factors derived from nature and nurture. Nature:
Genetic endowment.
Physical (biological) factors.
Nurture:Psychological influences contributed from the child’s immediate environment, e.g. the home, school.
The wider socio-cultural environment in which the child grows up.