feldman cte 5 - Critical thinking exercise 5 17 and 18 1...

Critical thinking exercise 5
Chapters 15, 16, 17, and 18
1. Describe how the quality of creativity changes from early to middle
adulthood.
While creativity of young people is more emotion based and spontaneous,
aging creativity is more thoughtful, including additional planning and using
specific skills. People in the middle adult stage tend to try integration of
ideas rather than finding new ideas. Their writings may be more reflective,
focusing on what has been learned through the aging process. Older people
also tend to be more altruistic, concentrating on leaving a mark on the world
for generations to come and are not as egocentric.
2. Which of the “big five” personality traits do you think best describes you?
Give a brief description of the trait and personal characteristics to justify your
answer.
Since beginning school again, I would have to say I display the “neuroticism”
characteristic. The stressful demands that I have put on myself to exceed in