PSYB30H3 Chapter 10: CHAPTER 10 Full
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Though life stories are grounded in reality, they are nonetheless imaginative and creative productions that each of us constructs and reconstructs as we move through our adult years. We make a life by making a story, and the stories we make become parts of who we are. A pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s i(cid:374)te(cid:396)(cid:374)alized a(cid:374)d e(cid:448)ol(cid:448)i(cid:374)g life sto(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:449)hat (cid:449)e (cid:272)all a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s narrative identity is just as much a part of his/her personality as are his/her dispositional traits and characteristic adaptations. Put simply, traits (level 1) provide a dispositional outline concerning cross-situational trends in behavior; characteristic adaptations (level 2) fill in the details by specifying motivational, social-cognitive, and developmental issues and concerns. Life stories (level 3) tell us how a person sees his or her life in the overall and over time and what the overall meaning and purpose of that life might be. Human beings are sto(cid:396)(cid:455)telle(cid:396)s (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:374)atu(cid:396)e. the fo(cid:396)(cid:373) of e(cid:454)p(cid:396)essio(cid:374) (cid:449)e (cid:272)all (cid:862)the sto(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:863) appea(cid:396)s i(cid:374) e(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455) human culture.
