GRNT 3000E Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Life Review, Extraversion And Introversion, Longitudinal Study
15 Nov 2017
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Personality: unique pattern of innate and learned behaviors, thoughts, and emotions that influences how each person responds to and interacts with the environment. Ju(cid:374)g"s psy(cid:272)hoa(cid:374)alyti(cid:272) perspe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e: emphasizes stags in the development of consciousness and ego. In life, ego moves from extroversion to i(cid:374)tro(cid:448)ersio(cid:374) . Dialectical models of adult personality: levinso(cid:374)"s (cid:862)seaso(cid:374)s of life(cid:863) (cid:373)odel, linked heavily to chronological age, changes biologically and psychologically, change occurs with interaction of person-environment. Stages: preadulthood, family proves support, transition 17-22, early adulthood, adult identiy development, transition age 30, settling down, middle adulthood, goals become other-oriented, mentoring, transition age 50, late adulthood, anxieties about aging, loss of power, accepting death. Standardized tests: guilford-zimmerman temperament survey, researchers found stability in the five traits, independent of environmental influences, suggest lifelong stability as well as heredity of personality traits. Self-concept: cognitive representation of the self; emerges from interactions with the social environment, social roles, accomplishments.
