You and your partner have a 1-year-old daughter. Based on her temperament, what can you expect her personality to be like in young adulthood?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- Childhood temperament is a fairly good predictor of adult personality, and many models of temperament overlap with some of the Big Five personality traits.
- One view of temperament characterizes children in terms of extraversion/positive emotion, effortful control (similar to high conscientiousness), and negative affect (high neuroticism).
- Agreeableness and openness are not as clearly seen among young children.
- A child who exhibits effortful control at a young age would be predicted to be higher in conscientiousness later in life, just as a child who demonstrates a lot of negative affect is likely to later show higher levels of neuroticism.
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a. Onset of senility b. Marriage c. Financial independence d. Onset of puberty
The increased emphasis on studying human cognition that emerged in the 1950s was largely due to
a. the development of computers. b. the development of new surgical techniques. c. research on how animals learn from their environment. d. renewed emphasis on treating mental disorders.
Which statements correctly describes personality throughout adulthood?
A. Profound changes in social environments can produce fluctuations in personality B. Changes in physiological adaptation produce fluctuations in personality C. Personality will change with age D. There are constant fluctuations in personality
Carlos's teacher tells the class that they should be sure to listen to an important announcement that is coming in on the school's intercom. Carlos, however, misses the message as he is focused on a fly that is crawling across his desk. Carlos's failure is best blamed on faulty
a. deferred imitation. b. implicit memory. c. attention skills. d. sensory memory.