Mods 17, 19-20: Development and Personality
Essential Questions:
How much are children passive recipients of experience, or how much do they actively construct the way they develop?
How do we become who we are?
Are we almost different people at different phases of our lives, or are we always about the same with more experience to go by?
Is it nature or nurture? Or is the question, itself, misleading?
How do psychologists reliably measure personality and interpret personality’s role in behavior?
Another shyness article (evolutionary benefit)
Personality test link (Five Factor Model)
Self-monitoring personality scale
Cattell Sixteen Source Trait Personality Test
Optional: Take the Bem Sex Role Inventory personality test; make note of your results
The Moral Life of Babies article