GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
FREUDS PERSONALITY THEORY
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Question
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It exists only if everyone acted and thought alike
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It is mostly unstable.
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It is relatively stable over time.
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It is not enduring, or it changes over time.
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Detailed explanation-1: -And while personality traits are relatively stable over time, they can and often do gradually change across the life span. What’s more, those changes are usually for the better.
Detailed explanation-2: -Even across a 20-year time lag, the estimated stability of personality traits is . 45 (based on extrapolating test–retest coefficients from shorter-term longitudinal studies), which implies remarkable consistency in the rank-ordering of individuals on the Big Five (Roberts & DelVecchio, 2000).
Detailed explanation-3: -Personality refers to the enduring characteristics and behavior that comprise a person’s unique adjustment to life, including major traits, interests, drives, values, self-concept, abilities, and emotional patterns.
Detailed explanation-4: -People are widely believed to have stable personality traits that account for readily discernible patterns in their behavior. Indeed, the very concept of personality is usually understood in terms of consistency. That is, people are supposedly consistent in their motivations and actions.