The real basis of a man’s personality are the relations that occur and that are established by the set of his diverse activities” (Leontiev, 1978, p. 143). What does that mean?
When children engage in meaningful tasks, when they know the reason and purpose of their actions and make emotional moves toward achieving their goals (refer to the above stated zoo example), they are performing an activity.
For this reason, they develop their capacities fully. In the process they gradually and progressively become aware about the motives for their conduct (Leontiev, 2010) In the above example the detailed narration given by Uday was to express his thrill and wonders of the visit to the zoo!.
Personality is a complex formation of human psychism (Leontiev, 1978) that comprises: cognitive capacities, emotions, will & character traits.
A Kindergartner’s personality has matured enough to gauge varied possibilities, they become aware of the reasons for their conduct and are capable to actively dominate self behaviour.
E.g.: “While waiting for dad to finish work, I can get something to eat or I can play with grandma instead. Grandma seems busy in the kitchen, I want to eat a juicy apple. Opens the fridge and picks out the most red one.”
