What describes the two components that comprise personality?

• A. Temperament (genetics) and character (environment)
• B. Intelligence and memory
• C. Mood and motivation
• D. Social status

Answer: (A)

Personality is described as a blend of temperament and character. Temperament is the biologically based, largely genetic set of tendencies you’re born with, providing stable patterns in how you react to people and situations. Character, on the other hand, develops through life experiences, learning, and social interactions, shaping your values, goals, and self-regulation. Together, these two components capture both inherited dispositions and environmental shaping that make up personality.

Intelligence and memory are cognitive abilities, not a two-part personality framework. Mood and motivation describe states or processes rather than enduring personality structure, and social status is an external position, not a component of internal personality.