What Can We Conclude About the Development of Dispositional Traits

question 6

Multiple Choice

What can we conclude about the development of dispositional traits across adulthood?

• A)Personality traits remain stable when the data are averaged across many different kinds of people.
• B)Personality traits remain stable but only when examining specific personality traits in specific kinds of people.
• C)When the data are averaged across many different kinds of people, the research overwhelmingly points to personality change over time.
• D)It has become apparent that we do not have adequate measures to assess personality trait stability and change over time.

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