Question

A group of people in their early 50s are meeting with a developmental specialist to discuss lifestyle changes in their lives The topic of personality stability becomes the major topic of discussion, and the group asks the specialist to summarize the area of stability versus change in personality. What could the specialist tell the group?

a) Many middle-aged adults tend to feel young and that in terms of basic personality traits, they perceive important similarities between their present selves and their younger selves.
b) Personality does changes from adolescence to adulthood and some of these changes can be quite dramatic, leaving adults to struggle through midlife crises.
c) People's basic personality traits do not appear to show continuity.
d) Personality will change and could become unstable due to aging and illness.

Answer 1

A. Many middle-aged adults tend to feel young and that in terms of basic personality traits, they perceive important similarities between their present selves and their younger selves.

Step-by-step explanation:

Many middle-aged adults tend to feel young, and that in terms of basic personality traits, they perceive important similarities between their present selves and their younger selves.

This implies that, as people age, they increasingly incorporate age-stereotypes into their self-view, such that, they tend to see themselves as being younger, even though, they are getting older.

Various research suggests that many middle-aged adults tend to report being younger than their real age, for example they tend to claim to be 20% younger, and this phenomenon increases with age. By claiming a younger subjective age, many middle-aged adults believed, that there is various benefits for health and well-being available to them.

Answer 2

Answer: A.) Many middle-aged adults tend to feel young and that in terms of basic personality traits, they perceive important similarities between their present selves and their younger selves.

Explanation: When above the age of 50, then old age is knocking, at this time, individuals are just transitioning from their most vibrant moment into a stage where by they make start to regress physically and notice constant instability usually in terms of health, however at early 50, due to the stage they are transitioning from, they still tend to be active and engage in activities performed when they were younger, this is usually so as they still see and notice similar ties in their younger self at this stage.