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● Meaning and nature of personality ● Type and Trait approaches to personality Hippocrates (choleric, melenchoic) and Sheldon (endo, meso, ecto) , Jung for Type, Allport, Hans Eysenck (Neuroticism, Extroversion, Introversion, Psychotism) & Raymond Cattell (surface, source) for trait. ● Assessment of personality: Rorschach Ink-blot Test, Thematic Apperception Test Description and Adminsitration and scoring and interpretation of the test ● Factors affecting personality development Hereditary and Environmental