Personality is the product of social culture. The social background and campus cultural atmosphere of reform and opening up have made college students have greater adaptability, flexibility and greater development possibilities, and also provided a broad world for personality shaping. At the beginning of reform and opening up, college students' strong subjective consciousness was manifested as "self-pursuit, eager to become a talent", which was a remarkable feature of college students' personality development in the 1980s. After entering the 1990s, with the establishment of the socialist market economic system, college students have gradually formed personality characteristics such as self-reliance, equality, openness and competition. The research of relevant scholars in China shows that the personality characteristics of contemporary creative college students are: courage to innovate and explore, perseverance, initiative and strong self-confidence. However, the ever-changing and diverse social culture also makes the formation of personality more difficult and uncertain, which leads to more confusion and conflict in the development of college students' personality.
According to the research of psychologists at home and abroad on the structure of personality quality, combined with the current situation of social development in China and the actual performance of college students, we believe that contemporary college students have the following characteristics in personality development:
1. Be able to know yourself correctly. First of all, I can recognize myself and basically accept everything that belongs to me, thus forming a positive view of myself; Secondly, self-objectification, being clear about everything about yourself, and understanding the difference between the real self and the ideal self. Most people have clear goals and aspirations and work hard for them.
2. The intelligent structure is sound and reasonable. With good observation, memory, thinking, attention and imagination, there is no cognitive impairment, and various cognitive abilities can be organically combined to play their due role.
3. Strong ability to adapt to social environment and often participate in social activities. Contemporary college students have a strong interest in the outside world, a wide range of activities, many hobbies, an expanded range of interpersonal communication, and actively participate in various forms of social practice. At the same time, I can tolerate the differences in values and beliefs between others and myself. I can look at things according to their actual situation, not according to my own subjective wishes.
4. Enterprising, creative and competitive. Can regard career as an important part of life, and have a strong sense of professionalism and responsibility for career; Be competitive, open-minded, and less conservative; Like to create, be brave in innovation, be willing to take risks, be independent, have a sense of humor and be pragmatic.
5. Full and moderate mood. Emotional stability and fluctuation, dominance and invisibility coexist, and emotions are rich and colorful. Positive emotions and emotional experiences are dominant in study and life.
These characteristics show that the personality development of college students in China is basically good, and college students have a good sense of personality education.