What Has Been Found in Longitudinal Studies That Examine the Stability

question 131

Multiple Choice

What has been found in longitudinal studies that examine the stability of personality across the lifespan?

• A) Personality doesn't change much after age 30, and even less after age 50.
• B) Personality tends to go through cyclic reversals every decade or so.
• C) Personality is stable from the time we reach adolescence, as Freud suggested.
• D) Personality should be thought of as a 'state' rather than as predictable traits.

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Definitions:

Gini Ratio

A measure to determine the imbalance in earnings among a community's members, moving from 0, suggesting equality, to 1, suggesting extreme inequality.

Perfect Income Equality

A hypothetical scenario where every individual or household in a society earns exactly the same income, eliminating any income disparity.

Lorenz Curve

A graphical representation of the distribution of income or of wealth within a population, highlighting inequalities.

Gini Ratio

An indicator of how income is distributed across a population, varying from 0 for total equality to 1 for absolute inequality.