PSYC 332 Chapter Notes -Sig Sauer P226, Emergence, Mills College

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 332
• Professor: Richard Koestner

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Note set syllabus: psyc 332. Chapter 6 continuity and change in traits: the roles of genes, environments and time. In high school (hs) - - - > today. Mary anne: shy, thin, poorly dressed (loser) - > attractive and successful. Robert: socially dominant, outgoing, spontaneous, unconscientious - > same. Keith: depressed - > same. Traits assume a certain degree of continuity over time, (p207). Traits are more or less stable over time- maybe not forever but for quite a while. Absolute continuity is constancy in the quantity or amount of an attribute over time (p207). Absolute continuity is generally not applied to individuals but only to groups. Ex: if we observed the high school group on social dominance in 1972 and 1982- we"d likely find similar averages. This is important to social psychologists when looking at human development. Ex: teenagers as anxious and confused and eventually become more adjusted over time.