Exam 8: Personality and Patterns of Coping

Quiet ego changes As people get older they should,according to Bauer,care less about themselves and more about others,an increase in what he calls:

Authentic Road example- choice A 60-year-old accountant feels satisfied with the life choices she's made even though she's still open to making changes in the future.Which of the five pathways in the Rochester Adult Longitudinal Study best describes her?

Socioemotional selectivity theory research Studies testing the predictions of Socioemotional Selectivity Theory involving eye tracking measurements while people look at facial stimuli note that younger adults,compared to older adults,are more likely to focus on parts of the face showing:

Conscientiousness and IL-6 Lower levels of IL-6 were associated in research on the MIDUS with which FFM personality trait?

Mature defense mechanisms in Vaillant's theory In Vaillant's ego psychology theory of personality,older adults are more likely to show which type of adaptation to the/stress in the/ir lives?

Socioemotional selectivity theory choice- stem The amount of time a person has left to live is an important factor in personality according to which theory of development?

Percent who state they have a midlife crisis A large-scale survey of adults from MIDUS showed that ______% indicated they had experienced a "midlife" crisis,though the ages associated with that crisis showed a wide range.

Trait perspective general The Five Factor model of personality fits into which overall category of psychological theories?

Ego psychology basic concept The "ego" in ego psychology approaches to adult development and aging refers to the fact that these theories emphasize:

Redemptive self and generativity The notion of the "redemptive self," as proposed by McAdams comes closest to which stage of Erikson's psychosocial theory?

RALS used hierarchical linear modeling Because it studied patterns of individual changes over time,the Rochester Adult Longitudinal Study (RALS)on psychosocial development used the multivariate correlational method known as:

Type A and cardiovascular disease In the Type A behavior pattern,high scores on hostility seem strongly related to which health outcome?

Possible self- choice The idea of what you could become at some point in the future is known as your:

Correspondence principle- choice The ________________ principle would predict that,over time,a highly agreeable person would be more liked by other people,which would further increase that person's agreeableness over the years of adulthood.

Results from Mills and Radcliffe studies In longitudinal research on ego development in women conducted by Helson and her colleagues at Mills College,the results showed that during the years of adulthood,women decreased in:

Midlife crisis research on women In a large scale review of studies on midlife in women,the findings showed support for the idea that:

Conscientiousness-conformist Because most adults in our society have internalized society's norms about what's right and wrong but do not necessarily have a true conscience,personality theorist Loevinger believed that they fall into the _______________ stage of ego development.

RALS used sequential method Using sequential methods made it possible for the RALS to investigate the role of ____________ in psychosocial development.

Self-efficacy and problem-focused People high in self-efficacy are likely to adapt to stress by using which type of coping methods?

Resilience- choice The quality of _______________ refers being able to the ability to recover from stress.