Personality and social development

Professor Lanning
Spring, 2007

Revised revised revised Syllabus for DEP 4095H: Personality and Social Development

Personality and Social Development is an advanced undergraduate course. This term, we will introduce or sample theory and research in ego development, behavioral genetics, marriage, parenting and intergenerational effects, attachment, and the emerging adulthood stage of development.

The course is intended for advanced undergraduate students who have ideally had at least two of the three relevant survey courses in psychology (Personality PPE 3003, Social SOP 3004, and Developmental DEP 3705).

Instructor: Dr. Kevin Lanning (lanning@fau.edu). Office hours are TR 9-12.

Readings: Readings will be drawn from recent articles which are available online and are hot-linked to the electronic version of this syllabus. (If you are off-campus, you will need to use the proxy server to access these). You will also need to study the coding manual for the Washington University Sentence Completion Test, which is on hold in the library:

Hy, L. X.,& Loevinger, J. (1996) Measuring Ego Development, 2nd Ed. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Grading. Grades will be based on a 100 point scale, with points earned as follows:

From four reaction papers, 40 points. Each of these papers will be ~ 5 pages in length. The four papers will draw from each of the four main sections of the course (Parts 1-4 in the table below). Students will work with me in leading discussion on those dates when they submit reaction papers. Paper grades will reflect both the written and the oral components of the assignment. Papers will be due on the date of the class immediately following the presentation.

From a final paper or the coding of SCTs, 15 points. You may choose to either write an elaboration or extension of one of your reaction papers (about~ 12 pages long, due the date of the final), or learn how to code actual sentence completion tests (SCTs). SCTs must be submitted no later than Tuesday, March 27, before class.

From classroom participation, 25 points. These points will be earned by attending class and demonstrating that you have done the assigned readings on those days where you will not be presenting a reaction paper. Because the class is small, and at an advanced level, it is important that students both attend class and are prepared.

From a final exam, 15 points. A final exam will be administered consisting of essay questions covering the readings and class discussion. As in my other upper division classes, exam questions will be drawn from a "superset" of essay questions which will be made available to students prior to the exam; unlike my other classes, the exam will be given orally.

From research participation or independent study, 5 points. Two hours credit from some combination of research participation and/or the writing of brief synopses of research articles.

Lecture topics

A current version of this syllabus can be found online at http://wise.fau.edu/~lanning/persdev. Dates and content are likely to change, so please consult these pages frequently.

Date	Topic	Required Readings
Part 0: Introduction
Jan 9	Course overview	In class: What counts as personality development? Review of Handbook of Personality Development.
Jan 11	Thinking about personality and social development: Why simple questions may require complex methods	Life with (or without) father: The benefits of living with two biological parents depend on the father's antisocial behavior. By Jaffee, Sara R.; Moffitt, Terrie E.; Caspi, Avshalom; Taylor, Alan Child Development. 74(1), Jan-Feb 2003, 109-126. Up and Down in Middle Age: Monotonic and Nonmonotonic Changes in Roles, Status, and Personality. By Helson, Ravenna; Soto, Christopher J. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 89(2), Aug 2005, 194-204. View Article (PDF)
Jan 16	On the use of retrospective reports in personality development	The altering of reported experiences. By Offer, Daniel; Kaiz, Marjorie; Howard, Kenneth I.; Bennett, Emily S. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 39(6), Jun 2000, 735-742. Assessing the reliability of retrospective reports of adverse childhood experiences among adult HMO members attending a primary care clinic. By Dube, Shanta R.; Williamson, David F.; Thompson, Ted; Felitti, Vincent J.; Anda, Robert F. Child Abuse & Neglect. 28(7), Jul 2004, 729-737. The case for prospective longitudinal studies in child maltreatment research: Commentary on Dube, Williamson, Thompson, Felitti, and Anda (2004). By Widom, Cathy Spatz; Raphael, Karen G.; DuMont, Kimberly A. Child Abuse & Neglect. 28(7), Jul 2004, 715-722.
Part 1: Moral and ego development/ Behavioral genetics
Jan 18 - 23	Some conceptions of moral development	Ego development and the ethics of care and justice: The relations among them revisited. By Skoe, Eva E. A.; von der Lippe, Anna L. Journal of Personality. 70(4), Aug 2002, 485-508. Differing Conceptions of Moral Exemplarity: Just, Brave, and Caring. By Walker, Lawrence J.; Hennig, Karl H. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 86(4), Apr 2004, 629-647. View Article (PDF)
Jan 25	Ego development: Introduction	Measurement of personality: True or false. By Loevinger, Jane Psychological Inquiry. 4(1), 1993, 1-16. Hy & Loevinger, Chapter 1.
Jan 30	Ego development and personality	Interpreting the Good Life: Growth Memories in the Lives of Mature, Happy People. By Bauer, Jack J.; McAdams, Dan P.; Sakaeda, April R. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 88(1), Jan 2005, 203-217. View Article (PDF) Hy & Loevinger, Chapter 2
Feb 1	Ego development: Genetic and environmental sources Behavioral genetics I	Individual differences in adult ego development: Sources of influence in twins reared apart. By Newman, Denise L.; Tellegen, Auke; Bouchard, Thomas J. Jr. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 74(4), Apr 1998, 985-995. View Article (PDF) Nature over nurture: Temperament, personality, and life span development. By McCrae, Robert R.; Costa, Paul T. Jr.; Ostendorf, Fritz; Angleitner, Alois; Hrebícková, Martina; Avia, Maria D.; Sanz, Jesús; Sánchez-Bernardos, Maria L.; Kusdil, M. Ersin; Woodfield, Ruth; Saunders, Peter R.; Smith, Peter B. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 78(1), Jan 2000, 173-186. View Article (PDF) Hy, Chapters 3-4
Feb 6	Behavioral genetics II	Genetic and Environmental Influences on Religiousness: Findings for Retrospective and Current Religiousness Ratings. By Koenig, Laura B.; McGue, Matt; Krueger, Robert F.; Bouchard, Thomas J. Jr. Journal of Personality. 73(2), Apr 2005, 471-488. Genetic and environmental influences on observed personality: Evidence from the German Observational Study of Adult Twins. By Borkenau, Peter; Riemann, Rainer; Angleitner, Alois; Spinath, Frank M. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 80(4), Apr 2001, 655-668. View Article (PDF)
Part 2: Emerging adulthood/longitudinal studies
Feb 8	Emerging adulthood: An introduction	Film: 21-up
Feb 13	Personality in emerging adulthood	Personality Development in Emerging Adulthood: Integrating Evidence From Self-Ratings and Spouse Ratings. By Watson, David; Humrichouse, John Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 91(5), Nov 2006, 959-974.View Article (PDF) Lives of women and men active in the social protests of the 1960s: A longitudinal study. By Franz, Carol E.; McClelland, David C. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 66(1), Jan 1994, 196-205. View Article (PDF)
Feb 15	Some trajectories during emerging adulthood	Depression, self-esteem, and anger in emerging adulthood: Seven-year trajectories. By Galambos, Nancy L.; Barker, Erin T.; Krahn, Harvey J. Developmental Psychology. 42(2), Mar 2006, 350-365. View Article (PDF) Chronological and Subjective Age in Emerging Adulthood: The Crossover Effect. By Galambos, Nancy L.; Turner, Pamela K.; Tilton-Weaver, Lauree C. Journal of Adolescent Research. 20(5), Sep 2005, 538-556.
Feb 20	Risk in emerging adulthood	De-investment in Work and Non-normative Personality Trait Change in Young Adulthood. By Roberts, Brent W.; Walton, Kate; Bogg, Tim; Caspi, Avshalom European Journal of Personality. 2006 Sep Vol 20(6) 461-474 Low Self-Esteem Is Related to Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, and Delinquency. By Donnellan, M. Brent; Trzesniewski, Kali H.; Robins, Richard W.; Moffitt, Terrie E.; Caspi, Avshalom Psychological Science. 16(4), Apr 2005, 328-335.
Feb 22	Longitudinal III	Continuities and consequences of interactional styles across the life course. By Caspi, Avshalom; Bem, Daryl J.; Elder, Glen H. Journal of Personality. 57(2), Jun 1989, 375-406. Individual differences are accentuated during periods of social change: The sample case of girls at puberty. By Caspi, Avshalom; Moffitt, Terrie E. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 61(1), Jul 1991, 157-168. View Article (PDF)
Feb 27	Longitudinal studies of women as adults	Ego integrity in the lives of older women: A follow-up of mothers from the Sears, Maccoby, and Levin (1951) patterns of Child Rearing Study. By James, Jacquelyn Boone; Zarrett, Nicole Journal of Adult Development. 12(4), Dec 2005, 155-167. Personality development and growth in women across 30 years: Three perspectives. By Roberts, Brent W.; Helson, Ravenna; Klohnen, Eva C. Journal of Personality. 70(1), Feb 2002, 79-102.
Mar 1	Longitudinal studies of personality traits	Children's Behavioral Styles at Age 3 Are Linked to Their Adult Personality Traits at Age 26. By Caspi, Avshalom; Harrington, HonaLee; Milne, Barry; Amell, James W.; Theodore, Reremoana F.; Moffitt, Terrie E. Journal of Personality. 71(4), Aug 2003, 495-513. The child is father of the man: Personality continuities from childhood to adulthood. By Caspi, Avshalom Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 78(1), Jan 2000, 158-172. View Article (PDF)
Part 3: Marriage, divorce, and family
Mar 13	Introduction	The connubial crucible: Newlywed years as predictors of marital delight, distress, and divorce. By Huston, Ted L.; Caughlin, John P.; Houts, Renate M.; Smith, Shanna E.; George, Laura J. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 80(2), Feb 2001, 237-252. View Article (PDF) Relations Among Positive Parenting, Children's Effortful Control, and Externalizing Problems: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study. By Eisenberg, Nancy; Zhou, Qing; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Valiente, Carlos; Fabes, Richard A.; Liew, Jeffrey Child Development. 76(5), Sep-Oct 2005, 1055-1071. Socioemotional behavior and satisfaction in marital relationships: A longitudinal study. By Huston, Ted L.; Vangelisti, Anita L. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 61(5), Nov 1991, 721-733. View Article (PDF)
Mar 15	Marriage and parenthood	Parenthood and Marital Satisfaction: A Meta-Analytic Review. By Twenge, Jean M.; Campbell, W. Keith; Foster, Craig A. Journal of Marriage and Family. 65(3), Aug 2003, 574-583. Two personalities, one relationship: Both partners' personality traits shape the quality of their relationship. By Robins, Richard W.; Caspi, Avshalom; Moffitt, Terrie E. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 79(2), Aug 2000, 251-259.View Article (PDF)
Mar 20	Divorce and kids	The personality of children prior to divorce: A prospective study. By Block, Jeanne H.; Block, Jack; Gjerde, Per F. Child Development. 57(4), Aug 1986, 827-840. The Long Reach of Divorce: Divorce and Child Well-Being Across Three Generations. By Amato, Paul R.; Cheadle, Jacob Journal of Marriage and Family. 67(1), Feb 2005, 191-206.
Mar 22	Parenting and socioeconomic stress	Longitudinal prediction of child outcomes from differing measures of parenting in a low-income sample. By Zaslow, Martha J.; Weinfield, Nancy S.; Gallagher, Megan; Hair, Elizabeth C.; Ogawa, John R.; Egeland, Byron; Tabors, Patton O.; De Temple, Jeanne M. Developmental Psychology. 42(1), Jan 2006, 27-37. View Article (PDF) Children's Mental Health in Times of Economic Recession: Replication and Extension of the Family Economic Stress Model in Finland. By Solantaus, Tytti; Leinonen, Jenni; Punamäki, Raija-Leena Developmental Psychology. 40(3), May 2004, 412-429. View Article (PDF) Untangling the Links of Parental Responsiveness to Distress and Warmth to Child Outcomes. By Davidov, Maayan; Grusec, Joan E. Child Development. 77(1), Jan-Feb 2006, 44-58.
Mar 27-29	Adolescent motherhood	Like mother, like child: Intergenerational patterns of age at first birth and associations with childhood and adolescent characteristics and adult outcomes in the second generation. By Hardy, Janet B.; Astone, Nan M.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Shapiro, Sam; Miller, Therese L. Developmental Psychology. 1998 Nov Vol 34(6) 1220-1232 Predicting risk for pregnancy by late adolescence: A social contextual perspective. By Scaramella, Laura V.; Conger, Rand D.; Simons, Ronald L.; Whitbeck, Les B. Developmental Psychology. 1998 Nov Vol 34(6) 1233-1245
Part 4: Intergenerational effects and attachment
Apr 3	Intergenerational effects: Introduction	The cycle of violence. By Widom, Cathy S. Science. 244(4901), Apr 1989, 160-166. Childhood Victimization and Illicit Drug Use in Middle Adulthood. By Spatz Widom, Cathy; Marmorstein, Naomi R.; Raskin White, Helene Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 2006 Dec Vol 20(4) 394-403 View Article (PDF) Paths across generations: Academic competence and aggressive behaviors in young mothers and their children. By Cairns, Robert B.; Cairns, Beverly D.; Xie, Hongling; Leung, Man-Chi; Hearne, Sarah Developmental Psychology. 1998 Nov Vol 34(6) 1162-1174
Apr 5	Intergenerational effects: Discussion	Mechanisms in the Cycle of Violence Kenneth A. Dodge; John E. Bates; Gregory S. Pettit` Science, New Series, Vol. 250, No. 4988. (Dec. 21, 1990), pp. 1678-1683. Continuities--A search for causal mechanisms: Comment on the special section. By Patterson, Gerald R. Developmental Psychology. 1998 Nov Vol 34(6) 1263-1268 Some research considerations on intergenerational continuities and discontinuities: Comment on the special section. By Rutter, Michael Developmental Psychology. 1998 Nov Vol 34(6) 1269-1273 When Parents Have a History of Conduct Disorder: How Is the Caregiving Environment Affected? By Jaffee, Sara R.; Belsky, Jay; Harrington, HonaLee; Caspi, Avshalom; Moffitt, Terrie E. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 115(2), May 2006, 309-319. View Article (PDF) Intergenerational transmission of partner violence: A 20-year prospective study. By Ehrensaft, Miriam K.; Cohen, Patricia; Brown, Jocelyn; Smailes, Elizabeth; Chen, Henian; Johnson, Jeffrey G. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 2003 Aug Vol 71(4) 741-753
Apr 10	Ego development and personality Attachment: introduction	Shame, guilt, ego development, and the Five-Factor Model of personality. By Einstein, Danielle; Lanning, Kevin Journal of Personality. 66(4), Aug 1998, 555-582. The origins of attachment theory: John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. By Bretherton, Inge Developmental Psychology. 28(5), Sep 1992, 759-775. View Article (PDF)
Apr 12	Attachment in infancy and its implications	Maternal employment and infant-mother attachment security at 12 months postpartum. By Harrison, Linda J.; Ungerer, Judy A. Developmental Psychology. 2002 Sep Vol 38(5) 758-773 Attachment theory: Retrospect and prospect. By Bretherton, Inge Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 50(1-2), 1985, 3-35. Maternal sensitivity, infant attachment, and temperament in early childhood predict adjustment in middle childhood: The case of adopted children and their biologically unrelated parents. By Stams, Geert-Jan J. M.; Juffer, Femmie; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H. Developmental Psychology. 2002 Sep Vol 38(5) 806-821 Continuity and discontinuity of attachment from infancy through adolescence. By Hamilton, Claire E. Child Development. 71(3), May-Jun 2000, 690-694.
Apr 17	Attachment in adulthood and marriage	Understanding the link between maternal adult attachment classifications and thoughts and feelings about emotions. By DeOliveira, Carey Anne; Moran, Greg; Pederson, David R. Attachment & Human Development. 7(2), Jun 2005, 153-170. When "New" Meets "Old": Configurations of Adult Attachment Representations and Their Implications for Marital Functioning. By Treboux, Dominique; Crowell, Judith A.; Waters, Everett Developmental Psychology. 40(2), Mar 2004, 295-314. View Article (PDF) Stability of attachment representations: The transition to marriage. By Crowell, Judith A.; Treboux, Dominique; Waters, Everett Developmental Psychology. 38(4), Jul 2002, 467-479. View Article (PDF)