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Adult Development and Aging

John C. Cavanaugh

Chapter 8

Personality and Personal Cognition - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

02:30

Problem 1

What is a dispositional trait?

Alexander Clippinger
Alexander Clippinger
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Problem 2

Describe Costa and McCrae's five-factor model of personality. What are the descriptors in each dimension? How do these dimensions change across adulthood?

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01:43

Problem 3

What evidence is there in other longitudinal research for change in personality traits in adulthood? Under what conditions is there stability or change?

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Samia Islam
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02:15

Problem 4

What are the specific criticisms that have been raised concerning the five-factor model?

Ameer Said
Ameer Said
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00:40

Problem 5

What does most of the evidence say about the stability of dispositional traits across adulthood?

Jennifer Stoner
Jennifer Stoner
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03:01

Problem 6

What is meant by a personal concern? How does it differ from a dispositional trait?

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Syed Anas
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Problem 7

Describe Jung's theory. What important developmental changes did he describe?

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Problem 8

Describe Erikson's eight stages of psychosocial development. What cycles have been identified? How has his theory been clarified and expanded? What types of generativity have been proposed? What evidence is there for generativity? What modifications to Erikson's theory has this research suggested?

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Problem 9

Describe Loevinger's theory of ego development, with particular emphasis on the stages seen in adults.

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02:35

Problem 10

What are the major assumptions of theories based on life transitions? What evidence is there that a midlife crisis really exists? How can midlife be viewed from a gain-loss perspective?

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Shazia Naz
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04:18

Problem 11

Overall, what evidence is there for change in personal concerns across adulthood?

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Sharon Edamala
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00:17

Problem 12

What are the basic tenets of McAdams's life-story theory? What are the seven elements of a life story?

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Erica Li
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03:10

Problem 13

What is Whitbourne's life-span construct? How does it relate to a scenario and a life story? How did Whitbourne incorporate Piagetian concepts into her theory of identity?

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Sharon Edamala
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01:09

Problem 14

What is self-concept? What shapes it?

Emily Himsel
Emily Himsel
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02:28

Problem 15

What are possible selves? What developmental trends have been found in possible selves?

Caroline Jones
Caroline Jones
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03:00

Problem 16

How is religiosity an important aspect of identity in older adults?

Leonardo Filgueiras
Leonardo Filgueiras
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01:26

Problem 17

How does gender-role identity develop across adulthood?

Emily Himsel
Emily Himsel
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01:43

Problem 18

What is a causal attribution? What types of attributions have been studied? How do attributions differ across age and type of event?

Anna Miller
Anna Miller
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03:18

Problem 19

What is meant by personal control? How does it differ over age?

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Eric Ferrara
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