Week 4 - Temporal Stability

Question 0

Rank-order Stability

Answer 0

Maintenance of an individual’s position in a group over time

Focused of Costa & McCrae 5 factor model

An adults personality profile will change little over time as a whole. Less stable in early infancy (.47) and peaks after age 50 (.75)

Question 1

Types of temporal stability

Answer 1

Rank-order stability (personality coherence)

Mean Level

Structural (temperament)

Question 2

Personality coherence

Answer 2

Involves changes in manifestation of a trait over time while preserving rank order.

Underlying trait stays the same, but the way it is expressed changes.

Question 3

Rank order stability

Answer 3

Adults remain the same over periods of many years.

Adaptation to life profoundly shaped by personality.

Question 4

Structural stability

Answer 4

Lack of indicates meaning of constructs has changed between measurement occasions.

Dimensions of Extraversion and neuroticism have shown high structural stability in infants.

Question 5

Structural stability: temperament

Answer 5

Ind diff that emerge in early life thought to reflect genetic factors.