Aging & Personality Development Flashcards
Biological Essentialist Perspective
The belief that genetics is central to personality development
Contextualist Perspective
The emphasis on the role of the environment
in personality development.
Correspondence Principle
Personality stability is influenced by
life choices.
Extrovert
An external focus on the world of people and things.
Factor Analysis
A type of statistical procedure that
is conducted to identify dusters or
groups of related items (called factors)
on a test.
Intra-individual Change
Refers to changes that occur at an individual level as opposed to changes that occur at the group level.
Introvert
A preoccupation with one’s internal world of feelings, thoughts, and experiences.
Maturity Principle
The notion that individuals become
more agreeable and emotionally stable,
more conscientious, and less neurotic
with age.
Mean-Level Change
A measure that compares mean -levels of a variable across two or more points in time.
Narrative Identity
An internal and ever-changing story about our life.
Sandwich Generation
A generation of people (usually in their 30s or 40s) who care for their aging parents while
supporting their own children.
Stage Theory
Description of the distinct phases we experience as we develop. In each phase of development,
people display characteristic behaviour patterns
and establish certain abilities.
Transactional Model
Personality development is influenced by
both genes and the environment.
