The Indian Writer’ s e – Journal Vol – 1, Issue – 1, Dec – 2015 ISSN :- 2455 – 3077 “THE STUDY OF THE CONCEPTS OF PERSONALITY TRAITS, VALUES, SKILLS AND PERCEPTION OF DR. MANMOHANSINGH ” JIGNESH N. VIDANI (Assistant Professor- Management) Rai University, Saroda, Ahmedabad, Gujarat Cell Details:- +91-9723223256
[email protected] ABSTRACT In psychology, trait theory (also called dispositional theory) is an approach to the study of human personality. Trait theorists are primarily interested in the measurement of traits, which can be defined as habitual patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion. According to this perspective, traits are relatively stable over time, differ across individuals (e.g. some people are outgoing whereas others are shy), and influence behavior. Traits are in contrast to states which are more transitory dispositions. In some theories and systems, traits are something a person either has or does not have, but in many others traits are dimensions such as extraversion vs. introversion, with each person rating somewhere along this spectrum KEY WORDS: Psychology, Personality, Traits, behavior, Spectrum EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Manmohan Singh was born to Gurmukh Singh and Amrit Kaur on 26 September 1932, in Gah, Punjab, (now in Chakwal District, Pakistan), British India, into a Sikh Khatri family. He lost his mother when he was very young and was raised by his paternal grandmother, to whom he was very close. After the Partition of India, his family migrated to Amritsar, India, where he studied at Hindu College. He attended Punjab University, Chandigarh, then in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, studying Economics and got his bachelor's and master's degrees in 1952 and 1954, respectively, standing first throughout his academic career.