Holtzman Inkblot Technique, 157–158
Humanistic psychology , 22, 23Human nature, perspectives on, 21–24
I
Identity
Self-Concept and, 228–231social, 215
Illusions of safety , 17, 176Individuals
case studies of stability in, 133–137developmental patterns in, 101–106Five-Factor Theory and differences in,
199–200
longitudinal evidence regarding, 108–112moderators of change in, 128–133psychodynamic psychology and, 146–147retrospection and self-perceived change,
124–128
study of change in, 100–101
Individuation, 12Inkblot tests, 157–158Intelligence compared to personality , 206–207Interaction postulate (FFT), 189, 190, 191Interiority , 14, 15Internal consistency , 38Interpersonal Adjectives Scales, revised, 52Interpersonal Circumplex, 31–32Interpersonal relationships, 130–131, 213–
214, 224–225
Interview
ambiguous results of, 182form and content in, 168–169limitations of, 165–166as technique for gathering information,
164–165
unconscious level of mind and, 166–167
Intrinsic maturation, 198–199, 202–203Irrational beliefs, age-ordering of, 176–178Italy , history of, 93
J
Jackson, Douglas. SeePersonality Research
Form (PRF)
John, O. P ., 29Jung, Carl G.
functions and structures of psyche, 12, 105theory of personality , 4, 11–12, 140theory of psychological types, 30unconscious and, 156
Juni, Samuel, 86, 202
K
Kagan, J., 103L
Labouvie-Vief, G., 65Levinson, Daniel
on adult development, 169interpersonal relationships and, 214interview technique of, 164, 168on midlife crisis, 178–179Seasons of a Man’s Life, 16–17, 170
theory of, 170–175
Life events
influence of, 206–207personality change and, 130–131
Life History Research Society , 217Life narrative
Objective Biography and, 215–216Self-Concept and, 231–233
Life review , 171Lifespan, psychological adjustment across,
218–220
Lifespan theory , 11–14Life structure
adult development and, 169, 171–172career, 225–227description of, 17marriage and divorce, 224–225personal projects, social clocks, and
psychobiography , 220–223
Loevinger, Jane
ego development theory , 141–143, 147, 149as ego psychologist, 140sentence completion test, 148, 152
Longitudinal designs
Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament
Survey , 75–76
individual growth curves from, 80–81individuals, study of change in, 100–101,
108–112, 113
inkblot tests and, 157–158NEO-PI, 76–78overview of, 66–6716PF and, 67–70small, slow changes, and, 78–80Thematic Apperception Test and, 160–
161
M
Magical mastery , 159–160Marriage
personality change and, 130–131theories of, 224–225
Maslow , Abraham, 22, 23, 140, 141, 144Maturity
aging and, 149–150intrinsic, 198–199, 202–203
McAdams, Dan, 186, 187, 215264 Index