Lecture 8

50

heritability of the Big 5 traits is about ______%

stable

the book "Longitudinal Stability of Adult Personality" suggests that the Big 5 traits are ________ overtime

drying

analogy: like wet cement _______ and never changing

not

people are ____ very likely to change their rank order

Bruce

video about ________ coming from 49 and up

E, A, C

Bruce was low ___, high ___ and ___

no

did Bruce personality change a lot from 7 to 49?

high, rank-order

a longitudinal study found _____ stability correlations for Big 5 traits, proving _____-______ stability

late

the problem with this longitudinal study is that it started at 25-30 years old, which is too ______

different

a study found that median correlations scores between Big 5 traits were ______ depending on which group: 25-55 and 45-75

lower, change

the median score for stability was ______ for 25-55 years old, meaning that at this age it is still possible to ________

highschool

we often misrepresent how we were in ________

losers, redemptive

we think of ourselves in the past as ______ because we like ________ life stories

similar

a study with self-report of perceived personality change showed that median scores between people who said they changed a lot and those who said they didn't change were ______

emotional stability

N is labelled as ______ ______

dominance, vitality

E is split into social _____ (assertiveness) and social _________ (sociability)

social investment principle

identification with important roles exert maturation pressures and teach us good traits (low N, high A, high C, high E)

more, manage

overtime, we become _______ emotionally stable and _____ our negative emotions better

maturity

overall, there is a general trend toward social ________

age

people become more confident, warm, responsible and calm with _______

C

those who don't go to university develop ______ faster

A, diversity

those who go to university develop _______ faster because they are more exposed to _______

earlier

for Asian countries, C appears much _______

independent

normative change and change in rank order are _________

1

the majority of people change on at least _____ of the Big 5 traits by one SD

first job, first love

2 events that can impact our Big 5 traits

N, E, C

for people in new relationships, there was a decrease in _____ and an increase in _____ (social dominance) + _____

higher, lower

for people who weren't in relationships at age 23, they had _____ N and _____ E compared to others

C

having a 1st job related to your career and doing well increases _____

positive

psychological interventions were associated with marked _____ changes in personality traits

C, increases

kids who get involve in drugs see decreases in ____ and ______ in quarrelsomeness (A)

N

psychological interventions had the biggest effect on _______ by decreasing it

E

psychological interventions' next biggest effect was on ____ by increasing it

no

were there meaningful differences between the different types of treatment/intervention?

anxiety, personality disorders

______ and ______ ______ patients showed greatest change in their Big 5 traits following an intervention