What is the difference between personality and temperament in psychology?

Summary: Temperament and personality are closely related and mutually restricted. Judging from the influence of temperament on personality, it is temperament that affects the formation of personality, and the difference between temperament and personality is mainly manifested in the following three aspects.

First, temperament is innate, usually manifested in an individual's early stage, mainly reflected in the natural expression of nerve types, and personality is acquired.

Individuals have no personality at the beginning of life. They are the product of the interaction between human beings and social environment in their activities, which embodies human sociality.

Second, the temperament changes slowly, and the plasticity is small. Even if it is possible to change, it is not easy. Personality is more plastic, and the environment plays an obvious role in shaping personality. Even if the formed character is stable, it is easier to change.

Thirdly, the typical behavior that temperament refers to is its dynamic characteristics, which has nothing to do with the content of the behavior, so temperament has no distinction between good and bad, good and evil, and has no meaning of moral evaluation.

Personality is related to the content of behavior: it is expressed in the relationship between individuals and social environment, so personality can be divided into good and bad, good and evil, which has the significance of moral evaluation.