Ch14 Flashcards
Process that underlies the shift to an
adult identity.
recentering
faith in something
larger than themselves
fidelity:
Theoretical models that describe
psychosocial development in terms of a
definite sequence of age-related
changes.
In-depth interviews,
biographical materials
normative-stage models
Nonnormative timing of life
events can cause stress and
affect personality development.
Statistical studies, interviews,
questionnaires
Timing-of-events
model
Personality changes substantially
until age 30, more slowly
thereafter.
Personality inventories,
questionnaires, factor analysis
Theoretical models of personality
development that focus on mental,
emotional, temperamental, and
behavioral traits, or attributes.
Trait models
Personality types tend to show
continuity from childhood through
adulthood, but certain events can
change the life course.
Interviews, clinical judgments,
Q-sorts, behavior ratings,
self-reports
Typological
models
Erikson’s sixth stage of psychosocial
development, in which young adults
either form strong, long-lasting bonds
with friends and romantic partners or
face a possible sense of isolation and
self-absorption.
intimacy versus isolation
Theoretical model of personality
development that describes adult
psychosocial development as a
response to the expected or
unexpected occurrence and timing
of important life events.
timing-of-events model
Set of cultural norms or expectations for
the times of life when certain important
events, such as marriage, parenthood,
entry into work, and retirement, should
occur.
social clock
In the timing-of-events model,
commonly expected life experiences
that occur at customary times.
normative life events
Theoretical model of personality,
developed and tested by Costa and
McCrae, based on the “Big Five”
factors underlying clusters of related
personality traits: openness to
experiences, conscientiousness,
extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism.
five-factor model
Theoretical approach that identifies
broad personality types, or styles.
typological approach
Dynamic capacity to modify one’s
level of ego-control in response to
environmental and contextual
influences.
ego resiliency
Self-control and the self-regulation
ofimpulses.
ego control
Friends who are considered and
behave like family members.
fictive kin
Sternberg’s theory that patterns of love
hinge on the balance between three
elements: intimacy, passion, and
commitment.
triangular theory of love
