the personality moves toward the equilibrium with its environment 125. Therefore, it can be said that the changes in the environment will affect the person’s character. The
environment related to the character in sense that if his character does not able to go along with the environment, he has to change it in order to reach equilibrium with the
environment.
c. Changes in Significant People
Some people play a significant influence in a person’s life. They influence this person in form of their attitude, belief, the way of thinking, etc. This relationship
comes to a phase in which if these significant people change, their changes will also affect this person. Hurlock 126 says that “when the significant people in individual’s
life change, and when he tries to adapt his pattern of behavior and his attitudes, beliefs, values, and aspiration to theirs, changes in his personality pattern are inevitable.” The
person, in order to be similar with these significant people, changes himself. He will change himself into a greater level, if he sees it is necessary. Hurlock states that if
there is a great disparity, he will be motivated to effect greater changes 126. For this person, this change is necessary because it will make him identical with these
significant people.
d. Changes in Social Pressure
People live in a community where social pressure is a part of everyday live, these pressures is used to make people similar with other people in that community. It
is similar in the sense that a person who has a disliked character will change it in order to be accepted in that community. Hurlock says that:
As childhood progresses, the child becomes increasingly aware that some personality traits are admired while some are disliked. And since everyone
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normally has a strong desire to be accepted by those who are significant to him, he tries to change any personality trait that will militate against his being
accepted 126.
In other words, it can be said that a person changes his character in order to be accepted by people who he thinks to be important in his life.
e. Changes in Role
Every person has his own role in this life. This role is varied, and changes in role are affected by some factors. Hurlock 127 states that age, economic conditions, and
affiliation with new group are the factors in changes in role that dominant. Furthermore, she explains that if role changes result in a more favorable status, there
will be a change for better in the person self’s self-concept 127. On the other hand, there are some conditions that if the role changes happen in
that condition, it will damage the personality pattern. The first condition, as being explained by Hurlock, is when the person is being prevented from making a change
when one feels capable of doing so and when his peers are permitted to do so 127. The next condition is when a person is forced to play a role he does not want to play
127. The last condition is when a person is unprepared to change 127.
f. Strong Motivation
Motivation plays important part in character development. A person, who has a character that makes him different from the rest of the community, will try as hard as
possible to remove that character because he has a strong motivation to be accepted in that community. Hurlock 127 says that “ordinary people are most strongly motivated
to change those traits which they believe will improve their social relationship and even earn them greater social acceptance.”
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g. Changes in Self Concept
