PSYC 2740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Longitudinal Study, Reduced Affect Display, Schizophreniform Disorder

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2740
• Professor: Connie Zavitz

Document Summary

Lecture 5 personality disposition over time: stability, change & coherence. Internal (cannot be the product of an external event, life event, personality comes from within: enduring (it has to last, doesn"t have to be consistent at all times, but long lasting) Analyzing stability and change: population (how do most people experience personality change, difficult because differences across groups, group differences (group changes, differences with respect to sex, culture) Individual difference (if people are more _____ what may that yield/predict later in life) Stability in adulthood: big 5: big 5 show relative stability in adulthood; especially > 50 yrs, but, openness, extraversion, neuroticism decline slightly until 50 yrs. (exhibit change, not substantial, this is average trend, does not apply to everyone) Change in adolescence: self-esteem, males increase slightly in self-esteem (as they enter adolescence); females tend to decrease (not everyone, depression associated with adolescence self-esteem (trend, what do you think contributes to this, media, culture, biology (hormones)