Exam 4: Developmental Change and Stability of Personality

Recall the Hawaiian longitudinal study of personality by Hampson and Goldberg (2006),in which middle-aged persons' self-reports of personality were compared with their elementary school teachers' ratings of their personalities made 40 years earlier.Which of the following best summarizes the findings of that study regarding the stability of personality across this time period?

Which of the following best summarizes the results of studies that have examined the correlations between adults' levels of a personality trait across a period of several years?

Which of the following can be considered as a difficulty in assessing the personalities of children? 1)Until about the age of 10,most children tend not to describe people's personalities in terms of specific traits 2)The level of reading comprehension of most young children makes it difficult to obtain self- or observer reports from children 3)For nearly all personality characteristics,children are so much alike that reliable measurement cannot be achieved.

For which of the following "facet"-level personality traits do average levels tend to increase throughout adulthood?

Which of the following questions would be studied by personality researchers who are examining the topic of personality stability and change?

According to the results of several longitudinal studies,how does the stability of personality during young adulthood (say,the typical college-age years)compare with the stability of personality during later adulthood (say,any time after the age of 30)? (Assume a similar time interval in both cases. )

Recall two longitudinal studies that each examined a single trait in childhood and examined its relation to later outcomes in life: the study of childhood aggressiveness by Huesmann et al. (2009)and the study of childhood "delay of gratification" by Mischel et al. (1988).Which of the following best summarizes the results of those studies?

Which of the following best summarizes the results obtained by Lamb et al. (2002)in their study of developmental change and stability of personality throughout childhood?

Which of the following statements best summarizes what is known about the structure of personality characteristics during childhood?

Recall the study by Neyer and Lehnart (2007)about romantic partner relationships and personality change in young adults over an eight-year period.Which of the following statements is NOT consistent with their findings?

Which of the HEXACO personality factors shows the largest age differences,with an average level in 60-year-olds that is about one standard deviation unit higher than the average level in 18-year-olds?