Lives Through Time

First published in 1983. The theme of this study is the importance of studying personality development and personality change in a differentiated way, of identifying and understanding the alternative paths along which people evolve over time. The time is adolescence, with its implications for the life that is later led. And the method is longitudinal. an approach that can respond to questions regarding psychological development not otherwise scientifically accessible.

Jack Block Psychology Department University of California, Berkeley

I: INTENTIONS AND ORIENTATION Chapter II. THE PEOPLE STUDIED Chapter III THE ARCHIVAL MATERIAL AND THE CONSEQUENT RESEARCH APPROACH Chapter IV: THE JUDGING PROCESS Chapter V: PERSONALITY ATTRIBUTES STUDIED OVER TIME Chapter V: (cont'd) PERSONALITY ATTRIBUTES STUDIED OVER TIME Chapter VI PERSONALITY CONSISTENCY AND CHANGE OVER TIME AS A MODERATOR VARIABLE OF LONGITUDINAL TRENDS Chapter VI. (cont'd) PERSONALITY CONSISTENCY AND CHANGE OVER TIME AS A MODERATOR VARIABLE OF LONGITUDINAL TRENDS Chapter VII COURSES OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPM ENT -RATIONALE, METHODOLOGY, AND BACKGROUND Chapter VII: (cont'd) COURSES OF PERSONALITY