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INTRODUCTION Concept and Definition of Personality ―Positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality‖ Tracy (1973) The Japanese believed that personality has three aspects. The first aspect is visible to the world. The second aspect is visible to your intimate friends and your family. The third one is never visible to anyone. It is the trust reflection of who you are. Mostly people say that personality never makes an individual different from another. Statements like Swami Vivekananda was a great personality or environment teacher of ours does not possess an impressive personality and Neeli has no personality at all are genially heard which speak volumes about individual differences that exist among people. Personality in values diverse and complex cognitive process, it represents the person as a whole concept. It includes perception, learning, and many more. Definitions of Personality The most essential psychological aspect of a person's life is personality. It comprises our thoughts, feelings, motives, skills and behaviours. The term of personality has been taken from the Latin word ‗persona' ‗meaning mask'. Mask is a thing that distinguishes a person from the others. Inner self represent the true personality. Personality is a stable set of tendencies and characteristics that determine those similarities and difference in people's psychological behaviour and intension of connection in time and that may not be easily understood as the individual result of person. Guliford (1897) opined personality as ‗A person unique pattern of traits' Cattel (1929) state personality as ‗That which permits a prediction of what a person will do in a given situation' Allport (1937) believed ‗Personality as the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his characteristics behaviour and thought' Kelly (1955) believed ‗Personality is the organization or pattern of personal characteristics that determine the unique adjustment to the entire environment,
