Carl Jung's Personality

Abstract Personality plays an essential role in the life of a person. Personality has several meanings like character, trait, quality, behaviour, individuality, persona, temperament, nature, make-up, attribute, feature, mannerism, characteristic, and spirit. Shergill says “The term “Personality” is derived from the Latin word “Persona”, which means a theatrical mask used by actors or worn by actors in those days to indicate their role in theatrical play” (400). Carl Jung discusses two types of personality, introvert and extrovert in his famous book Personality Types. Jung believed that personality can be developed based on childhood experiences and our desires for the future life. Sigmund Freud said that personality developed only in childhood …show more content…

Introduction Psychologists have defined “Personality” in their own understanding and all of them agree it is one of the important components of psychology which deals with the thoughts and behaviours of a person. The great psychologists of the world have given various definition of personality based on their research and understanding. After evaluating 49 different definitions from the literature, Gordon W. Allport concluded’ “Personality is the dynamic organization within the individual of those psycho-physical systems that determine his characteristics behaviour and thought or unique adjustment to the environment. (Shergill 403) The personality is unique to individual and through good personality one can avoid the mental diseases like ego, jealousy, pride, greediness and ill ambition. A good and positive personality is very important to lead a happy and contented life which would be very helpful to other human beings also to live peacefully in this globe. It is indeed a herculean task to develop our personality positively but one should strive heart and soul to achieve such a personality to lead a peaceful life and also help others to live peacefully in this …show more content…

Personality is a pattern of behaviour or thinking that is consistent across most situations and across times and which helps distinguish person from another. (Martin 126). Personality is useful to distinguish one person from another as everyone possesses different personality. Many personality type theories have been evolved from the time immemorial and great psychologists and philosophers of the world discussed personality in their own understanding and research. One of earliest type theories was originated in the fifth century B.C. by Hippocrates, the Greek physician who gave medicine the Hippocratic oath. He theorized that the body contained four basic fluids, or humours, each associated with a particular temperament, a pattern of emotions and behaviours. In the second century A.D. a later Greek physician, Galen, suggested that an individual’s personality depended in which humour was predominant in his or her body. (Richard 460) 2. Good