PSYC 3490 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Extraversion And Introversion, Aboriginal Peoples In Canada, Pastoral Care
18 Apr 2013
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Dispositional traits: aspects of personality that are consistent across different contexts and can be compared across a group along a continuum. Life narrative: consists of the aspects of personality that pull everything together, the integrative aspects that give a person an identity or sense of self. The case for stability: the five-factor model. Using the guilford-zimmerman temperament survey (gzts) (n=114), costa andmccrae found: Over a 12-year period, 10personality traits measured bygzts remained stable. Other studies similar to the gztsfound equivalentresults however, in the very old,suspiciousness and sensitivityincreased. Block (1995) takes issue with the methodologythat uses laypeople to specify personalitydescriptors that were used to create the terms ofthe five-factor model. Mcadams (1996, 1999) points out that anymodel of dispositional traits says nothing aboutthe core or essential aspects of human nature. A major criticism is directed to the notion ofstability and change in personality. Participants were followed for 30 years between ages 40 to 70 - gender differences were identified.
