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|Problemset |Essay Questions |
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|Question 1 |List at least five characteristics of a person that would be counted as an aspect of their personality and |
|Type: |five that would not. |
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| |It should be relatively easy to find five that would count but a little more difficult to find five that would|
| |not. The chapter will give you many that count. For ones that do not (at least not usually) count, look back |
| |at the other chapters (e.g., some physical aspects, cognitive). |
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|Question 2 |Compare and contrast objective and projective measures of personality. Are there aspects of personality that |
|Type: |neither of these test types measure? |
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| |Do they measure the same things and in the same way? |
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| |pp. 177-179 Tell how they are similar (e.g., they both attempt to measure what?). They differ in the approach |
| |they use and in their reliability and validity. Neither measures McAdams' second and third levels of |
| |personality (or, at least, not very well). |
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|Question 3 |What are traits and do they change as we grow older? |
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|Essay |Five factor model |
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| |pp. 179-182 Define traits and then present Costa and McCrae's five factors. There are major cohort differences|
| |in these traits but age differences also occur, especially during younger adulthood and in certain traits. |
| |Describe those changes. |
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|Question 4 |Some people are afraid of growing old. Is this fear related to their personality? |
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| |Box 9-1 provides information on this issue and tells you which traits are most closely associated with a fear |
| |of aging and which are not. |
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|Question 5 |Describe Erikson's stages of adult personal concerns and some of the research supporting this theory. |
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|Essay |Erikson's last 3 stages of adult development |
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| |Read pp. 184-188 Those last three stages focus on concerns about intimacy, generativity, and ego integrity. |
| |You might include mid-life crises as a component of that middle-age stage. The best research to describe is |
| |some of the longitudinal work although cross-sectional work has also supported the theory. |
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|Question 6 |What are the four types of coping strategies discussed in the text and are these strategies used by both older|
|Type: |and younger adults? Are there other ways if categorizing coping strategies? |
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| |pp. 189-191 The strategies are problem solving, two types of emotion regulation, and avoidance. There are some|
| |age differences in the use of these strategies when a problem has emotional components. You should have |
| |described these differences. Another categorization of coping strategies is into assimilation, accommodation, |
| |and immunization strategies. You should also have defined these and told what the research shows with respect |
| |to age differences. |
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|Question 7 |Choose one classification of control (either internal vs. external OR primary vs. secondary), define the |
|Type: |terms, and discuss age differences. |
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| |pp. 192 195 The definitions of these terms should be easy to get from the text. For the first, age differences|
| |seem to only occur under certain circumstances (which you should describe) while under the second age |
| |differences seem more prevalent. |
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|Question 8 |What characterizes a life story and what types of people are more likely to have one? |
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|Essay |One way of measuring identity |
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| |pp. 195-199 Life stories are one way of assessing an individual's identity. Coleman says they have four main |
| |characteristics that allow us to distinguish them from a collection of life events; you should describe these |
| |characteristics. |
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|Question 9 |Does culture influence identity? Describe some cultural differences. |
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| |pp. 196-197 Yes it does. The work on Dutch and Spanish and/or Chinese, Japanese, and U. S. cultures should be |
| |described. |
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|Question 10 |What relationships have been found between aspects of a person's personality and their health? |
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| |pp. 199-203 Several different traits, locus of control, and a positive attitude are all related to health and |
| |well-being. You should describe these relationships (e.g., conscientiousness and longer life). |
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