PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Individualism, Extraversion And Introversion, Trait Theory
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Is religiosity a personality trait: spiritual transcendence: the ability of individuals to stand outside of their immediate sense of time and place to view life from a larger, more objective perspective, the concept of spirituality goes beyond any particular religious tradition, and in fact, piedmont, and his colleagues designed the spiritual transcendence scale (sts) after first meeting with experts from various faiths including buddhism, Personality change means that the amount of trait is different, either increased or decreased from what it was previously: personality coherence is when the underlying trait says the same but the what it is expressed changes, longitudinal study: an experimental design in which research participants are followed over long periods of time, such as from childhood to adulthood, or from early to later adulthood, mean level change: a type of general change that affects nearly all people as they grow from infancy to adulthood.
