How is personality affected by aging older adults tend to be...

How is personality affected by aging? Older adults tend to be less inwardly focused than when they were younger. Older adults are more stubborn, bossy, and irritable than when they were younger. Older adults are greatly affected by depression and anxiety. Older adults have personalities that are consistent with earlier stages of their adulthood.

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00:01 Here, we want to describe the ways in which the big five personality factors may change in late adulthood.

00:08 We then want to describe how these changes might affect mortality.

00:13 So let's start by describing the ways in which the big five personality factors may change in adulthood.

00:20 Let's start with openness.

00:22 In general, openness tends to decrease in older adulthood.

00:28 Adulthood.

00:29 This could look several different ways.

00:31 This may look like less curiosity.

00:34 It may also appear as reduced motivation.

00:39 Reduced motivation then ends up increasing one's ability to learn new things and explore new ideas in older adulthood.

00:49 Now let's move on to conscientiousness.

00:53 Conscientiousness is a trait that actually tends to increase with age.

01:01 This could look like several different things such as increased diligence or an increased sense of responsibility, an ability to engage in behaviors for one's own well -being.

01:16 Now let's discuss how extroversion might change.

01:20 Like openness, extroversion tends to decline in old age.

01:25 This often looks like like spending more time alone, and may involve less interest in forming new social relationships.

01:35 Now let's move on to agreeableness.

01:39 Agreeableness is another trait that tends to increase in older age.

01:44 This could look like a few different things, such as showing more compassion and simply showing more cooperative behavior.

01:54 Now let's move on to neuroticism.

01:58 Neuroticism is another trait that tends to decrease with age.

02:03 This can manifest several ways, such as a decline in negative emotions, improved emotion regulation, and potentially even less extreme emotions.

02:16 Now, let's discuss how each of these changes may affect mortality.

02:20 Let's start with openness.

02:22 The increase in openness in older adulthood actually tends to benefit health.

02:27 Specifically, increased openness is associated with improved cognitive flexibility and mental well -being.

02:36 This, in turn, can have positive effects on mortality such that an individual may live longer due to their improved health and cognitive flexibility.

02:49 Now let's move on to conscientiousness.

02:51 The increase in conscientiousness in older age...

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