PSYC 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Longitudinal Study, Neuroticism, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2600
• Professor: Lorena Ruci

Document Summary

If people maintain their position on a trait relative to others over time, that trait is said to have high rank order stability. Instructions: in groups of 3 to 5, provide examples of each of the three forms of personality stability and change. Use your own experiences with life and with the people in your life: rank-order stability, always tend to be more quiet one in group still the case, do what everyone else want to do, mean-level stability. Increase in neuroticism in group of friends over time because more anxiety and responsiblilities as you grow: personality coherence, stability, personality change: 2 defining qualities. Internal: changes are internal to a person, not changes in the external surrounding, personality changes, enduring, changes are enduring over time, not temporary, personality over time: three levels of analysis in personality changes, population level, group differences level. Level of stability of temperament increases as infants mature: personality stability over time, stability during childhood.