PSY-4505 v1

McMartin J. (2017). Personality Psychology: A Student-Centered Approach. SAGE Publications, Inc.
Read Chapter 10, pages 293-319
The chapter will enable you to understand the different types of stability in personality. Some of the questions that the chapter will help you answer follow: Are you the exact same person you were half your lifetime ago. Have you been able to balance the different aspects of your life? Do you consider yourself as fully functioning? In other words, have you reached your potential?

Olawa, B. D., & Idemudia, E. S. (2019). Later-life satisfaction with adult children’s achievements: does parents’ personality matter? Heliyon, 5(9).
The assigned article provides insight into the impact of personality traits on the satisfaction of older adults with their children’s accomplishments. This is a significant predictor of elderly well being.