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NOTES: • Midas study – 4,000 subjects – random sample of Americans. Is life satisfaction is predicted by all 5 personality characteristics (ev - .22, a - .18, C - .25, emotional stab - .33, intellect - .13) Majobc11 (talk) 18:55, 17 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

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Possible Articles

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1. Cross cultural differences in personality profiles

2. The 2 facets of Openness to Experience: Openness to Ideas and Openness to Aesthetics

3. Change in personality through the life course

4. Negative Outcomes of Neuroticism and Low Agreeableness.


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Change in personality through the life course.

Roberts, B. W., Walton, K. E., & Viechtbauer, W. (2006). Patterns of mean-level change in personality traits across the life course: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Psychological Bulletin, 132(1), 1-25. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.132.1.1

Caspi, A., Elder, G. H., & Bem, D. J. (1988). Moving away from the world: Life-course patterns of shy children. Developmental Psychology, 24(6), 824-831. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.24.6.824

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Your sandbox draft

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Hello,

I read over your sandbox draft. My first reaction is that the four points you identify seem probably to be one theorist's breakdown of the topic, rather than something that is generally accepted among all serious students of personality worldwide. I could be wrong though, as I assume that you are far more familiar with the literature in the field than I am.

  • 1. Intra-individual differences in consistency
  • 2. Ipsative consistency
  • 3. Mean-level consistency
  • 4. Rank-order consistency

You need to define the terms for readers unfamiliar with the topic, especially "Ipsative consistency", which may come off as jargon to the average reader. Speaking as an average reader, I ask - what do these four things mean and why should I care? Please keep in mind that you are writing an encyclopedia article first, and a class assignment second. Expect that your article will be around for many years, and will be read by thousands of people who know far less than you about the topic. Explain it in a way that will take them from "not knowing" to "knowing". In that sense, you are the teacher here, not the student.

Please feel free to ask other questions. Create a new section on my talk page - if you post in an old section, I may not notice. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 04:22, 4 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

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