The Origins of T raits 193
T rait Development and the FFT 197Changes in Individual Differences 199
Evaluating Five-Factor Theory 200
CHAPTER 11 The Influences of Personality
on the Life Course206
What Changes? 207
The Objective Biography 208Characteristic Adaptations 209The Self-Concept 214
Studying Life Structure and Life Course 216
Psychological Adjustment across the Lifespan 218Personal Projects, Social Clocks,
and Psychobiography 220
Marriage and Divorce 224Careers 225
Trait Influences on the Self-Concept 227
Identity 228The Life Narrative 231
REFERENCES 237
INDEX 261xii Contents