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character owns later will strengthen the researcher’s opinion related to Eleanor and Park
characteristics. Someone’s manner can also determine whether he or she is considered a good or a bad person. Someone who has a positive manner
reflected her good behaviour is often considered as a good person.
3. Theory of Personality
This part tells about the theory of personality of children in general and the aspects wh
ich influence the development of children’s personality. The aspects are divided into two main groups which are internal and external aspects. Internal
aspects are self-theories, family, and experience while the external aspect is social intervention.
a. Definition of Personality
According to Dweck 2008, personality is the consistent pattern of experience and action that are evident across multiple situations or life contexts.
This pattern contains much more than temperament and habitual behaviour. Importantly, it also includes the way one perceives self, others, and events.
Children personality is just as the general personality all people have. The difference is only in their temperament. Child psychologists have focused on
temperament traits, the behavioural consistencies that appear early in life, that are frequently but not exclusively emotional in nature, and that have a presumed
biological basis Caspi, Robert, and Shiner, 2005. Nevertheless, one individual and others are different in personality. Therefore, their temperament traits are also
different. Caspi, Robert, and Shiner 2005 also say that behavioural genetic PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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studies have established that individual differences in temperament. It is measured even during the first few years of life. Those differences are only partially
heritable and are influenced by environmental experiences.
b. Aspects of Personality
Each person might have different types of personality because it is affected by many aspects in their life. There are two main aspects which influence the
development of children personality. The first aspect is internal aspect and the second aspect is external aspect.
1 Internal Aspect
The internal aspects are the self-theories, experience, and family. Self- theories are the individual belief of people about themselves. Dweck 2008 says
that beliefs play a critical role in how well people function. These are people’s self-theories. Some people have a fixed or entity theory, believing that their
qualities, such as their intelligence, are simply fixed traits. Others have a self- theory, believing that their most basic qualities can be developed through their
efforts and education. In the other words, it is the way how a person sees and appreciates himself.
Experience plays an important role in building and developing someone’s
personality. According to Dweck 2008, experience includes the effect of domestic violence, abuse, or maternal depression on the development of
