Posted: May 26th, 2017

Suppose that a personality test such as Cattell’s 16 PF or Eysenck’s EPQ were given to you at ages 10, 20, 30, and every ten years for the remainder of your life.

Suppose that a personality test such as Cattell’s 16 PF or Eysenck’s EPQ were given to you at ages 10, 20, 30, and every ten years for the remainder of your life. Do you think that the results of the test would be more or less the same each time. Speak to someone in their 40’s or older and ask them how stable their personality has been over their lifetime. In those cases where you or your interviewee indicates large changes, to what factors is the change attributed?