Shawnee

My topic is Personality, and in this paper I am going to try and answer the question, **"How do people's personalities change over time?"**
 * Research Topic **

**Annotated Bibliography**

 Gendlin, Eugene, Phillip Worchell, and Donn Byrne. "A Theory of Personality Change." //focusing.org//. 2003. The Focusing Institute, Web. 15 Nov 2009. . - This website shows research done by students at the University of Chicago, that tells why people go through changes in their personality and how they feel as they are going through these changes.

Pawlik-Kienlen,. "Changing Your Persoanlity Traits." //[|psychology].suite101.com//. Dec 16, 2007. suite101, Web. 15 Nov 2009. . - This shows that when you change your personality your life changes along with it.

"personality." //dictionary.com//. 2009. dictioanary.com,LLC, Web. 15 Nov 2009. . - This tells me the definition of personality.

Willenz, Pam. "Persoanlity is not set by 30,It can change throughout your life." //apa.org//. May 11, 2003. American Psychological Association, Web. 15 Nov 2009. . - This website shows that many people believe that your personality is set be the time you are thrity but that is not true it changes all the way until you die.

Reuters,. "How Switching Language Can change Your Personality." //Newscientist//. June 25, 2008. Reed Business Information, Web. 15 Nov 2009. . - This shows how changing your language can change your personality.

Larson, Jenny. Interview by Shawnee Burke. - She can tell me how and why personalities change over time.

Aragon, Donna. Interview by Shawnee Burke. - She has a degree in psychology, I think she could give me some examples of things that change in our personalities over time.

- "Personality." //Wikipedia//. Nov. 2, 2009. Wikipedia Foundation, Inc., Web. 15 Nov 2009. . This website usually has some very good information on personality, and psychology.

"Can your Personality Change." //Yahoo Answers//. 2009. Yahoo Inc., Web. 15 Nov 2009. . - Real people tell how personalities change over time, and why this happens.

Roberts, Brent, and Daniel Mroczek. "Personality Trait Change In Adulthood." //psych.uiuc.edu//. 2007. psych.uiuc, Web. 15 Nov 2009. . - this is from a scientist, it is sort of hard to understand, but it has charts that show the decline and incline, in different personality changes over time.


 * __FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO PERSONALITY CHANGE!__**
 * STRESS** **Family**


 * DEATH Getting Older**


 * Moving to a new place**

**Source Suggestions** An Interview -From Kaitlin. My mom is constantly talking about how she feels like she really has only 'found herself' in the past decade or so, so interviewing someone like that about how they feel they've changed over the years might be a good way to go; the older the person the better. You could also try interviewing students in your high school about how they think personalities interact in high school - see if they think that high schoolers are really being true to themselves, or putting on a false personality in order to fit in.

http://www.personalitypage.com/high-level.html -From Kaitlin. This website lists the 16 different labeled personality types.

http://stress.about.com/od/understandingstress/a/type_a_person.htm -From Kaitlin. This website describes the effects of a Type A personality.

http://beta.essortment.com/44931-birth-order-its-effects-personality.html -From Kaitlin. This website talks about the effects birth order have on your personality. I've noticed this in my family. My dad and I are 1st born, and we have similar personalities, as do my brother and mom, who are both the youngest. This might be another opportunity for a 1st hand interview in your high school or family/friends.

http://precedings.nature.com/documents/2099/version/1/html -From Kaitlin. This article goes the other way and shows the effects of your personality on the way you reason through problems.

[]- From Clint. This website looks like it has good information on what types of personality changes there are, ans why personalities change.

[]- From Clint. This website tells some syptoms of what you could look for if you or somebody you know is acting different.

[] Clint. This website argues that personality change is genetic.

[] Clint. This website talks about personality changes as early as two years old. I wonder if thats why they call it the "Terrible twos"

[] From Brittney. This website talks about how personality changes could be affected by mental health it could be like a disease.

[]From Brittney. This website is about how personality changes from psychology and how much of a problem it can be. [] From Ariel. This site talks about Carl Jung's theory of pyschological types. It shows 16 types. This seems to be related to personality.

[] From Ariel. This website has some interesting facts about personality.