Devlopmental Change And Stability Of Personality

Question 1

What did Roberts, Walton and viechtbauer (2006)?

Answer 1

Meta analysis of 92 samples, found agreeableness and conscientiousness increased throughout life.
Emotional stability increased until age 30 then stable.
Extraversion decreases throughout life.
Openness to experience increases until 30

Question 2

What did McCrae et Al (1991) find?

Answer 2

Found differences acrosss cultures in the big six.
E.g. Croatian are highest country in Extraveraion but lowest in agreeableness (Germany, Italy..)
We have predispositions to develop in certain directions. We are hard wired to become more socially dominant, agreeable, conscientious, emotionally stable and less open to experience

Question 3

What is costa and mccraes 1991 give dactor theory personality system?

Answer 3

Biological basis, basic tendencies, self concept, characteristic adaptations, objective biography, external influences

Question 4

What is the social investment hypothesis?

Answer 4

Roberts, wood and smith (2005) investment in universal tasks e.g. Job, marriage… similar tasks supported in most cultures. Normative experiences associated with increased personality traits in social dominance, agreeableness, conscientiousness and emotional stability

Question 5

What did trzesniewski et al 2008 do?

Answer 5

Narcissistic personality inventory

Score high in superiority and self-sufficiency

Question 6

What did costa and macrae 1992 find?

Answer 6

Stability of personality traits adult r=.80
Stability r=.70 6 years apart
Stability r=.65 24 years apart

Question 7

What did McCrae et al 2002 do

Answer 7

Kids between 12-16

R=.40 for personality traits

Question 8

What did robins and trezsniewski 2005?

Answer 8

At start same self esteem, men higher throughout life into 80 same again then women higher self esteem

Question 9

What did Meyer and legnhart (2007 do?

Answer 9

If single from 20s-30s mid self esteem
If get a partner late twenties self esteem increases
If have a pertner highest self esteem

Question 10

Lamb et al 2002?

Answer 10

2-15 on years
Openess to experience fluctuates, neuroticism, agreeableness and extraversion increasss. Conscientiousness stays constant

Question 11

What did vazire 2010 find?

Answer 11

Higher accuracy on low observability and evalutiveness for self reports
If high in either trait observers report it better

Question 12

What did mischief et al 1998 do?

Answer 12

See gratification of delay tasks.

Children who could wait for marshmallow did better in the future