Moderators of Change 128
Psychological Characteristics 128
Life Events 130Physical and Mental Health 131
Case Studies in Stability 133
Implications: Planning for the Future 137
CHAPTER 8 A Different View: Ego Psychologies
and Projective Methods139
Dynamic or Ego Psychologies 140
Developmental Sequences 141
Dynamic Dispositions 143
Contrasting Traits with Ego Processes 144
Conflict and Its Resolution 144
T emporal Organization 146
Individual Differences in Ego Processes 146
T raits and Metatraits? 148
Developmental Changes in Ego Processes 149
Projective Assessments of Personality 151
Problems in Projective Methods 153
Conscious versus Unconscious Elements 155
Projective Testing and the Stability of Personality 156
Inkblot T ests 157
TAT Studies 158Age and the Spontaneous Self-Concept 161
CHAPTER 9 Adult Development as Seen
through the Personal Interview164
Form and Content in Psychological Interviews 168
Interview-Based Theories of Adult Development 169
Levinson’s Seasons 170
Gould’s T ransformations 175
In Search of the Midlife Crisis 178
CHAPTER 10 A Five-Factor Theory of Personality 184
The Birth of a Theory 185
Five-Factor Theory 187
Components of the Personality System 187
Postulates of FFT: How the System Works 189Contents xi