The concepts of "personality" and "individual" are widely used by people. However, not everyone understands how they differ from each other, so they are often confused. The properties of the individual and the individual are studied by psychology.
The difference between a person and an individual
If you want to understand what a person is different from an individual, you need to know the statement of the well-known psychologist A.G. Asmolova : " Individuals are born, personality becomes, individuality is defended ". This saying speaks very well about the differences between the concepts of "personality" and "individual".
The individual is characterized by the uniqueness that a person receives from birth (skin color, hair, eyes, facial features, physique). According to this, all people are individuals: both the unintentional newborn, the aboriginal of the primitive tribe, and the mentally ill person, and even identical twins, who, for all their similarity, have their own unique qualities (for example, moles).
Personality, unlike an individual, is not a biological, but a socio-psychological concept. The individual becomes in the process of growing up, learning, developing, communicating. Personality differences are particularly noticeable in identical twins, who grew up far from each other.
Personality Properties:
- socialization - a person can only be in the promotion or opposition to society;
- maturity - personal traits begin to develop with a certain degree of maturity of the psyche;
- self-consciousness - the person develops only when the person realizes the necessity of this;
- orientation - a real person ,
As a diamond, has many facets and social roles; - privilege - the stronger the personality, the more it manifests itself, the higher its privileges in society.
Another important quality of personality, different from the individual - the need for recognition by society. For example, in the tribes of the Indians, the name was given to a person only when he performed some important act.
The main motive that determines the activity of an individual is interest. The process of cognition in this case depends on the person's desire or unwillingness to know the properties of the object, to understand it. Personality is often guided by beliefs, which are the basis of the principles and worldview of man.