Sigmund Freud was the pioneer in stressing importance of early experiences in personality development of an individual, through his studies he found many of his adult patients and their unhappy childhood experiences which had a long term effect on the psycho - social - development of those individuals. Other research studies also shows the effect of early experiences and the memories of them, even though they are highly influential because they need an indelible impression on child's self concept. There are ample evidences which shows that the attitude and emotional reactions of parents, the total cultural context and environment in which child grows up and other socio-emotional factor in child's total experience are of greater importance in determining the pattern of personality.
Emotion as a determinant of Personality development:
Usually emotional experiences faced by an individual from the very beginning of his life determines the development of his personality both directly and indirectly. How the emotion effect the self concept is greatly influenced by how other individuals in environment makes judgement about oneself.
When emotions are so strong that behaviour becomes disorganized and that will adversely affect children's characteristics pattern of adjustment by doing so, they have a profound effect on their personalities by leading to unfavourable self concept - this is how emotion directly impacts personality development of an individual.
Emotional and Personality Development - Relationship:
Frequent, intense and apparently unjustified emotional outburst lead others to judge the individual as 'immature'. Suppression of emotional experiences results in moodiness, which tends to make the individual rude, uncooperative and pre-occupied with self. Heightened emotionality even if expressions are controlled, tends to make one nervous; it is often accompanied by some specific manners like - giggling, nail biting, as a result people often think them as immature.
Children with controlled emotions are often favourably judged by people. Some typical forms of emotional expressions are more socially acceptable than others. As for example, "picking on others is more acceptable than moodiness".
