Synopsis Every so often the development and change of personality in adulthood goes unnoticed, but Robert R. McCrae and Paul T. Costa, Jr. seek to unearth some of the possible theories in this subject within their publication, Personality in Adulthood. McCrae is a Research Psychologist at the Gerontology Research Center of the National Institute on Aging. Costa is Chief of the Laboratory of Personality and Cognition at the Gerontology Research Center of the National Institute on Aging. Together, the two wrote the Revised NEO Personality Inventory. This book is essentially an update of one of their first writings, which introduced the reader to what is known as the Five-Factor Model (FFM). The update exhibits recent additional research and
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McCrae and Costa note that within the last thirty years a different development of personality psychology has occurred stating, “Personality psychology has had a renaissance, with major advances in conceptualization, description, and measurement, and the Five-Factor Model (FFM) has brought order and understanding to the endless list of specific traits” (21). Trait psychologists strive to progress past the common view of traits and more towards the contrasting magnitudes of individual differences in predispositions to express dependable patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions. Really what this means is that trait psychologists seek to understand the dimensions of the personality traits that we as humans demonstrate. McCrae and Costa note that the more of a trait one possesses, the more likely they are to display the behavior it prompts, and thus the more habitually we are to see it. Along with this, the more said trait personifies them, the more deeply they act and react in situations that are relevant to the …show more content…
In the NEO Personality Inventory is made up of 240 items that respondents read and afterwards evaluate themselves using a one to five scale on how much they agree with the statement. The NEO Personality Inventory is composed of three domains of personality: neuroticism, extraversion, and openness. There are also six subscales that measure specific traits. I think explaining the different types of study was useful to the reader to understand why McCrae and Costa chose to study and how it benefitted their research. I also believe that this chapter is beneficial to the reader who is seeking to create their own studies in regard to personality development. Before reading this, I would have assumed that asking a person questions would have been the most beneficial way to study personality development. After reading the chapter I can now understand why the negatives outweigh the positives in this
McCrae and Costa note that within the last thirty years a different development of personality psychology has occurred stating, “Personality psychology has had a renaissance, with major advances in conceptualization, description, and measurement, and the Five-Factor Model (FFM) has brought order and understanding to the endless list of specific traits” (21). Trait psychologists strive to progress past the common view of traits and more towards the contrasting magnitudes of individual differences in predispositions to express dependable patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions. Really what this means is that trait psychologists seek to understand the dimensions of the personality traits that we as humans demonstrate. McCrae and Costa note that the more of a trait one possesses, the more likely they are to display the behavior it prompts, and thus the more habitually we are to see it. Along with this, the more said trait personifies them, the more deeply they act and react in situations that are relevant to the …show more content…
In the NEO Personality Inventory is made up of 240 items that respondents read and afterwards evaluate themselves using a one to five scale on how much they agree with the statement. The NEO Personality Inventory is composed of three domains of personality: neuroticism, extraversion, and openness. There are also six subscales that measure specific traits. I think explaining the different types of study was useful to the reader to understand why McCrae and Costa chose to study and how it benefitted their research. I also believe that this chapter is beneficial to the reader who is seeking to create their own studies in regard to personality development. Before reading this, I would have assumed that asking a person questions would have been the most beneficial way to study personality development. After reading the chapter I can now understand why the negatives outweigh the positives in this