Interested and Aptitude

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                Aptitude is a latent capacity in a given line of Endeavour. Interest is the inner force that impels us to attend something. Though there are many things common in aptitude and interest, they are not one and the same. Both may not be necessarily present simultaneously in an individual. It is possible that a person may have interest in a particular activity but no aptitude for it. Both these are factors contributing to individual differences and are found normally distributed in a randomly selected population. Both aptitude and interest has got an innate basis and are found moulded by both heredity and environment. Both are essential for success in a given activity or courses or instruction. Therefore, usually, interest and aptitude go hand in hand, however, as attributes of human personality, they are different in many ways; and these differences are condensed here under
Differences between Interest and Aptitude
Interest
  1. ·         Interest is related to the needs and motivates of the individual.
  2. ·         Interests may be either intrinsic or extrinsic in nature.
  3. ·         The pattern of interest undergoes a vast change with age
  4. ·         Instinctive needs often direct and control interests.
  5. ·         Interest evokes attention.
  6. ·         Interest is not permanent; it may change completely in the course of development.
  7. ·         Interests cannot be improved with training.
  8. ·         Interest is directly related to the emotions, sentiments and desires.
  9. ·         The individual persists over the interested activity for a long time.
  10. ·         As a determiner of personality, interested are mostly acquired

Aptitude
  1. ·         Aptitude is not related to the needs and motives of the individual
  2. ·         Aptitude is always intrinsic in the nature
  3. ·         Aptitude does not undergo vast change with age.
  4. ·         Aptitude is not directed and controlled by instinctive needs.
  5. ·         Aptitude does not evoke attention
  6. ·         Aptitude is more or less permanent. It seldom changes completely.
  7. ·         Aptitude can be improved with training
  8. ·         Aptitude is not directly related to the emotions, sentiments or desires.
  9. ·         The individual need not always persist over the activity in which he has aptitude
  10. ·         As a determiner of personality aptitude are mostly innate
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