Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of personality?

Personality is all that a person is. It is the totality of one’s behaviour towards one’s own self as well as others. It spreads over the subconscious and unconscious behaviour of the person.

• It is a system that has both psychological and physical aspects, which interact between themselves.
• The interacting factors include at the physiological level are the endocrine system and the various glands in the system.
• As for the interacting factors in the psychological aspects these include, traits, emotions, intellect, temperament, character, and motives.
• Personality is a joint product of heredity and environment as all the inborn traits, instincts, potentials, and IQ of an individual depend on the heredity while all the mental and social traits depend on the environment.

Hint

• Personality includes everything about the person, his/her physical, emotional, social, mental, and spiritual make-up.
• It refers to the different aspects of a person's character such as his/her interest, behaviour, cognition, etc.

Hence, "Personality is a product of heredity only" is not the characteristic of personality.