Career choice, 225–227
Caspi, A., 219Cattell, Raymond, 34, 226. See also Sixteen
Personality Factor Questionnaire(16PF)
Chance, notion of, 116Change across adult portion of lifespan
Dynamic Processes, 207–208Objective Biography , 208–209
Change in personality
Five-Factor Theory and, 199–200moderators of, 128–133psychotherapy and, 9–10retrospection and self-perceived, 124–128
Characteristic Adaptations (FFT)
attitudes and values, 210–211Basic Tendencies and, 187–189description of, 191–193interpersonal relationships, 213–214overview of, 209–210postulates of, 190social roles, 211–213See also Self-Concept (FFT)
Cognitive ability , decline in, 6–7Cohort effects
cross-cultural research and, 92–94cross-sectional research and, 64–66
College students, 10–11Common sense and adult development, 8Comparative personality psychology , 199The Confessions (Rousseau), 231, 233
Conflict and its resolution, 144–145Conley , J., 217, 225, 231Conscientiousness
facets of, 50–51job performance and, 227overview of, 46–47
Consistency
definition of, 28internal, 38motivation to respond with, 117–118,
119
Continuity model of personality
development, 102–104, 105–106, 109–110
Correlation coefficient
description of, 106–107disattenuating, 123–124predictions of research results and, 107–
108
spouse ratings and, 122
Croatia, history of, 93Cross-cultural perspectives
adult development and, 90–97cohort effects and, 92–94Five-Factor Theory and, 202, 203history of, 84
interpretations of, 94–96reasons for interest in, 84–85stability and, 96–97Thematic Apperception Test and, 159–
160
universal personality factors and, 86–90
Cross-sectional designs
of aging and personality , 59–62cohort effects and, 64–66Five-Factor Theory and, 202–203inkblot tests and, 157–158sampling bias and, 62–64, 73soundness of, 99–100
Cross-sequential designs, 72Cultural relativism, 85
D
Defense mechanisms
conflict resolution and, 145Freud and, 140maturation of, 15–16
Depression and Neuroticism, 132–133Developmental changes
changes in personality with, 7growth and decline as, 58–59in individuals, 101–106psychodynamic psychology and, 141–
143, 149–150
See also Adult development
Digman, J. M., 3, 50Disattenuating correlations, 123–124Discriminant validation, 33Disposition, definition of, 144Divorce, 225Douglas, K., 60, 61, 75, 78Dynamic Processes (FFT), 189, 190, 207–208Dynamic psychology . SeePsychodynamic
psychology
E
Ego control, 147Ego development theory , 141–143, 147Ego mastery styles, 15, 159Ego psychologists
conflict, its resolution, and, 144–145developmental changes and, 149–150developmental sequences and, 141–143individual differences and, 146–147motives, needs, and, 143–144overview of, 12, 140–141temporal organization of behavior and, 146
Ego resiliency , 147Ego strength, 147262 Index