| Chapter 5: Personality Dispositions over Time: Stability, Change, and Coherence Conceptual Issues: Personality Development, Stability, Change, and Coherence What Is Personality Development?Rank Order StabilityMean Level StabilityPersonality CoherencePersonality ChangeThree Levels of Analysis Population LevelGroup Differences LevelIndividual Differences LevelPersonality Stability over Time Stability of Temperament During InfancyStability During ChildhoodRank Order Stability in AdulthoodMean Level Stability in AdulthoodPersonality Change Changes in Self-Esteem from Adolescence to AdulthoodFlexibility and ImpulsivityAutonomy, Dominance, Leadership, and AmbitionSensation SeekingFemininityCompetenceIndependence and Traditional RolesPersonality Changes across Cohorts: Women’s Assertiveness in Response
to Changes in Social Status and RolesPersonality Coherence over Time: The Prediction of Socially Relevant Outcomes Marital Stability, Marital Satisfaction, and DivorceAlcoholism and Emotional DisturbanceEducation, Academic Achievement, and Dropping OutPrediction of Personality ChangeSUMMARY AND EVALUATION |
