PSYCH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Conscientiousness, Life Review, Extraversion And Introversion
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Module 9. 3: personality development across the life span. 9. 8 identify the major dimensions of temperament, and explain how temperament is affected by a child"s environment. 9. 9 differentiate the eight stages of erikson"s theory of psychosocial development, and explain what factors determine the outcome at each stage. 9. 10 summarize the contributions of vaillant, gould, levinson, and peck to our understanding of personality development in adulthood, and discuss the research on midlife crisis. 9. 11 describe the big five personality traits, and summarize how genetics and environment interact in shaping personality. Refers to how children behave, as opposed to what they do or why they do it: differences in general disposition from birth, largely due initially to genetic factors. Is not fixed and unchangeable and can be modified by childrearing practices: activity level, which reflects the degree of overall movement. Another important dimension of temperament is the nature and quality of an infant"s mood, and in particular a child"s irritability.