Personality Development
Personality is the belief, behavior, and value which makes a person who he or she is (LeVine, 2018). Even though it is recognized at birth, personality continues to develop throughout the person's life (Buss and Plomin, 2014).
According to Cervone and Pervin (2015), personality symbolizes the qualities which are consistent across different moments and times in a person's life. Personality is made out of moments people put themselves in and the influences they allow to impact them. The environment can be good or bad, but what a person takes from the situation is what lets them grow and prosper. The environment is essential in personality development because an individual's traits determine how they adjust and react to their environment in different situations (Specht, 2014). People are likely to change depending on the environmental needs they face (Schultz and Schultz, 2016).
Environmental Factors
Various potential environmental factors shape personality. The neighborhood, people around such as family, friends, schoolmates, and church community are some of the environmental issues which can shape a person's personality. For example, a girl and a boy are socialized differently in almost all societies because of the people who give them different messages as they grow.
Impact of Environment
From birth, the environment in which a child is brought up impacts their personalities and continues through their lives. An environment where things are done the right manner is unlikely to produce bad behavior. The social environment creates enough conditions for its appropriate expression. The parents, friends, social norms, values, and people around an individual create an environment that influences their personality growth. The status of a kid, adolescents, adults, and old people in the community is not similar because of the development in their personality depending on their environment.
References
Buss, A. H., " Plomin, R. (2014). Temperament (PLE: Emotion): Early developing personality traits. Psychology Press.
Cervone, D., " Pervin, L. A. (2015). Personality, binder ready version: theory and research. John Wiley " Sons.
LeVine, R. A. (2018). Culture, behavior, and personality: An introduction to the comparative study of psychosocial adaptation. Routledge.
Schultz, D. P., " Schultz, S. E. (2016). Theories of personality. Cengage Learning.
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