PSYC35H3 Lecture : psyc35 reading notes.docx
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Replicability and 40 year predictive power of childhood. Examined 3 questions dealing with 1. under controlled 2. over controlled 3. Follow up on 1,100 of the now adults 40 years later. The follow up tested the general and cardiovascular outcomes. Arc gradients of similarity to 3 prototype big five profiles. 3 questions were associated to 3 big five traits . Personality structure: dimensions reflecting the co-variation of personality traits in the population. It is also a configuration of attributes within an individual. It dates back to stern"s psychography , which is the description of an individual by his or her pattern of traits. Block and block: person-centered approach: configuration of personality traits within an individual, variable centered approach: co-variation of traits in groups of people. The article is a review of an aspect of personality psychology with its focus on arc. Personality types and its research dates back to ancient greece.
