PPE-3003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Extraversion And Introversion, Neuroticism, Conscientiousness
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Personality changes throughout life, but fundamental traits remain consistent. Personality changes systematically (develops across life span) becoming more stable and more mature. Rank-order consistency the maintenance of individual differences in behavior or personality over time or across situations. Absolute continuity e. g. , consistently scoring high in extraversion. Not measured as often (tend to compare differences among people of the same age) Differential continuity e. g. , relative to peers, being more extraverted than others at age 12 and being more extraverted than others at age 32. E. g. , heterotypic continuity continuity of behavior changes with age. E. g. , in a study of 100 people measured at age 18 and 28 extraversion at 18 correlated with extraversion at 28 (r=. 80, p
