Which of the following factors affect personality?

1. Physical or hereditary determinants

2. Psychological determinants

3. Environmental determinants

4. Experimental determinants

Personality is the sum total of what a person is. That is, it consists of behaviors, thoughts, and feelings that endure throughout life. According to Allport, "Personality is the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustment to his environment.

Key PointsFactors affecting the personality:

• Physical or hereditary determinants: Heredity includes all those factors that we inherit from our parents. Such factors are innate, that is, they are present in the individual before the time of birth or at the time of birth and determine the path of development of our personality. Hereditary factors that contribute to personality development do so as a result of interactions with the specific social environments in which people live.
• Psychological determinants: Several psychological factors tend to determine the development of personalities like intellectual determinants, emotional determinants, self-disclosure, aspiration, and achievements.
• Environmental determinants: Personality is not born out of only hereditary factors. Heredity provides only the blueprint in terms of chromosomes and genes. But the actual action on that gene is dependent on the availability of an environment conducive for that.
• For example, a person may have mathematical ability but this ability cannot be refined unless that person is provided the opportunity to exercise his ability for maths. Similarly, an individual gifted with a talent for music may not become a musician until he gets training and exposure to music.

Thus, it is concluded that Physical or hereditary determinants, Psychological determinants, and Environmental determinants are the factors that affect personality.