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Match each of the following persons with the statement or theory that most closely reflects his or her perspective.
1


Erik Erikson

2


George Vaillant

3


Carol Ryff

4


Daniel Levinson

5


Bernice Neugarten

6


Paul Costa & Robert McCrae

7


John Clausen

8


Ravenna Helson

9


Avshalom Caspi & Brent Roberts

10


Karen Fingerman

A)Found evidence for stability in the "big five" personality factors
B)Argue that people show greater stability in their personalities when they reach midlife than when they were younger adults
C)Researched mother-daughter relationships
D)Described the crisis of middle age as generativity versus stagnation
E)Found midlife consciousness, rather than crisis, in Mills College alumnae
F)Found that the change to middle adulthood requires men to come to grips with four major conflicts
G)Argued that too much attention is given to the role of discontinuity in adult development
H)Believes that only a minority of adults experience a midlife crisis
I)Believes that an age group's social environment can alter its social clock
J)Found that middle-aged adults were especially concerned about generativity and guiding younger adults







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