PSY 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Neuroticism, Extraversion And Introversion, Conscientiousness
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Looking at different ages of people at the same time. Things may have happened exclusively to certain generations. The largest data set to date (over a million): Conscientiousness drops in adolescence and then rises in. Agreeableness drops in adolescence and then rises in 20s. Increases in women during adolescence and then decreases. Decreased in men during adolescence and decreases more. Possibly due to parenting roles or more responsibility in work. The sociability aspect of e is especially likely to decline. Demands and goals related to age and the social clock. ***there will be a test question about women and social clocks-read the book!! The ongoing development of a narrative identity, which both reflects and shapes personality. If you tell your narrative in a certain way, you begin to internalize that and act that way in the future. It can make your personality different based on how you tell it.
