PSYC 2740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Extraversion And Introversion, Conscientiousness, Schizophrenia
16 Oct 2013
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Psyc 2740 personality disposition over time: stability, change and coherence (chapter 5) Stability over time: rank order, mean level stability, personality coherence. How does something qualify as change over time: internal in order for personality to change, has to be internal. When under the influence, or sick, short-lived and would therefore not be rendered change: enduring has to be permanent, like a brain injury causing personality changes for example. Individual differences do certain personality traits lead to certain life outcomes (job selection, relationship etc. : examples of stability across the lifespan: Know that stability does exist throughout lifetime: infancy. Temperament early differences involved in behaviors (e. g. emotionality/arousability) See really stable and early individual differences between infants. There is more stability over shorted intervals: from 3-6 rather than 3-12, and as get older, more stability in temperament. Block and block longitudinal study assessed activity level via actometer and teacher ratings: found that at different ages:
