Every person from birth is endowed with a unique, own character. A child can inherit individual traits from his parents, for some they are manifested to a greater extent, and someone does not at all look like any member of the family. But character is not parental behavior projected onto a child; it is a more complex psychic phenomenon. The list of positive and negative qualities of a person is very long. In the article we will try to highlight the main character traits.
What is a person’s character ?
Translated from the Greek language, the word "character" means "distinguishing feature, sign." Depending on the type of their psychological organization, people find their soul mates, build relationships, build their whole life. A person’s character is a unique set of mental characteristics, personality traits that play a decisive role in various aspects of a person’s life and are manifested through his activities.
To understand the nature of the individual, it is necessary to massively analyze his actions. Judgments about morality can be very subjective, because not every person acts as his heart tells him. However, individual persistent character traits can be identified by studying behavior for a long time. If a person in different situations makes the same decision, draws similar conclusions and demonstrates a similar reaction, then this indicates the presence of one or another trait. For example, if someone is responsible, then his behavior at work and at home will meet this criterion. If a person is cheerful by nature, a single manifestation of sadness against the background of general positive behavior will not become a separate character trait.
Character formation
The process of character formation begins in early childhood, in the first social contacts of the child with parents. For example, excessive love and guardianship can later become the key to a stable characterization of the human psyche and make it self-dependent or spoiled. That is why many parents are especially careful about the upbringing of positive character traits in children. They start pets so that the baby can feel what responsibility is, instruct him to perform small household chores, learn to clean his toys and explain that not all desires and whims can be fulfilled.
The next stage is kindergarten and school. The child has already laid the basic character traits, but at this stage they are still amenable to correction: you can wean a small person from greed, help get rid of excessive shyness. In the future, as a rule, the formation and change of character traits are possible only when working with a psychologist.
Character or temperament?
Very often, these two concepts are confused. Indeed, both character and temperament shape human behavior. But they have a fundamentally different nature. Character is a list of acquired psychic properties, while temperament is biological in origin. Having the same temperament, people can have completely different characters.
There are 4 types of temperament: impetuous and unbalanced choleric, unhurried and unflappable phlegmatic, easy and optimistic sanguine and emotionally vulnerable melancholic. Moreover, temperament can restrain certain character traits, and vice versa, character can compensate for temperament.
For example, a phlegmatic person with a good sense of humor will still be stingy with manifestations of emotions, but this will not stop him from showing a sense of humor, laughing and having fun in the appropriate society.
List of positive qualities of a person
The list of positive and negative qualities of a person is huge. Initially, all definitions regarding the nature and essence of man, his behavior are subjective. The society has established certain norms that allow us to determine how positive or negative a particular personality trait or deed is. However, there are the highest qualities of man, demonstrating his virtue and good intentions. Their list looks like this:
- altruism;
- veneration of elders;
- kindness;
- fulfillment of promises;
- moral;
- responsibility;
- fidelity;
- perseverance
- moderation;
- responsiveness;
- honesty;
- sincerity;
- disinterestedness and others.
These qualities, along with their derivatives, make up the nature of the true beauty of a person’s character. They are laid in the family, in the process of upbringing, children copy the behavior of their parents, and therefore a well-educated person will possess all these highest qualities.
List of negative human qualities
The list of positive and negative qualities of a person can be formed for a long time, since there are a lot of them. To assign to a person the presence of a negative quality of character on the basis of only his deed or action will be fundamentally wrong. You can’t hang labels, even the most educated and polite people can really believe that they are endowed with, say, greed or arrogance. However, if such behavior is a pattern, then the conclusion will be obvious.
The list of negative traits, as well as positive ones, is huge. The most basic and common are as follows:
- lack of will;
- irresponsibility;
- harmfulness;
- greed;
- viciousness;
- deceitfulness;
- hypocrisy;
- hatred;
- selfishness;
- intolerance;
- greed and others.
The presence of such character traits in a person is not a diagnosis, they can and should be fought even in adult, conscious age, and behavior can be corrected.
Character traits manifested in relation to other people
The list of positive and negative qualities of a person we have formed. Now we will talk about character traits that manifest themselves in relation to other people. The fact is that, depending on who or what a person commits an action or an act, a specific individual trait is exposed. In society, he can demonstrate the following qualities:
- sociability;
- responsiveness;
- susceptibility to the mood of others;
- respectfulness;
- arrogance;
- egocentrism;
- rudeness;
- isolation and others.
Of course, a lot depends on the conditions in which a person fell: even the most open and sociable person can experience problems in communicating with a strict, closed and heartless person. But, as a rule, polite people endowed with positive qualities easily adapt in society and suppress their negative traits.
Character traits manifested in labor
Building a person’s career depends on the qualities of his character. Even the most talented and gifted people can crash due to the fact that they are not responsible enough for their work and their talent. Thus, they only harm themselves and do not give themselves the opportunity to reach their full potential.
Or, on the contrary, there are cases when the lack of talent is more than compensated by special diligence in work. A responsible and accurate person will always succeed. Here is a list of the main such character traits:
- hard work;
- responsibility;
- initiative;
- accuracy;
- sloppiness;
- laziness;
- negligence;
- passivity and others.
These two groups of character traits actively resonate with each other, since labor activity and communication between people are inextricably linked.
Character traits manifesting in relation to oneself
These are the traits that characterize a person’s feelings in relation to himself, his self-perception. They look as follows:
- self-esteem or superiority;
- honour;
- arrogance;
- self-criticism;
- egocentrism;
- self-worship and others.
Character traits in relation to things
Attitude to things does not affect the building of a person’s social connections, but he demonstrates and reveals the best or unsightly qualities of his nature. These are features such as:
- accuracy;
- thrift;
- scrupulousness;
- sloppiness and others.
Mentality, qualities of a Russian person
Mentality is a very subjective concept, and it is based on stereotyped thinking. However, it cannot be denied that certain nationalities have certain features. Russian people are famous for their cordiality and hospitality, cheerful disposition. All over the world, the Russian soul is considered mysterious and incomprehensible, since the Russians do not differ in the rationality and logic of their actions, they often give in to the influence of mood.
Another feature of the Russian people is sentimentality. A Russian person instantly takes over the feelings of another and is always ready to share his emotions with him, to substitute a shoulder for help. It is impossible not to say about another feature - compassion. Historically, Russia helped its neighbors on all borders of the country, and today only a heartless person will pass by the misfortune of another.