Exam 5: Personality Dispositions Over Time: Stability, Coherence, and Change

When people maintain their position in a group over time, they display

American women's scores for _____ rose from 1931 to 1945 and also from 1968 to 1993.

The effects on individuals of living through the first gulf war is an example of

During adolescence, the self-esteem of _____ increases and the self-esteem of _____ decreases.

Buss, Block, and Block's longitudinal study of activity level found

Over time, trait scores of independence tended to increase for all women except

Which of the following has NOT been associated with marital satisfaction?

Kara is extremely sensitive to the feedback of other people.She most likely has a/an

Temperament has been found to be

Which of the following is NOT a component of sensation seeking?

Trait consistency tends to reach each peak after age

A longitudinal study followed male management employees at AT&T over 20 years starting in the late 1950s while the men were in their twenties.The study found that the managers' levels of _____ decreased over their careers.

An example of _____ would be that ambivalently attached babies cry when their mothers leave them, and that later in life as adults these individuals have many short-lived relationships.

Men classified as being "explosive" children in a 40-year longitudinal study presented by Caspi and his colleagues in 1987 differed from the "nonexplosive" group by

Traits from the five-factor model have been found to

Some have suggested that more research focuses on personality stability, rather than change, because

Personality is least stable in

_____ been associated with greater stability of personality over time.

The Mills College longitudinal study of women found that homemakers' level of independence at age 21 versus that at age 43 suggests that

Which of the following has been suggested as the key factor with the later development of alcoholism in men?