20Time Annotated Working Bibliography1 

 
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“Personality Development.” ​Encyclopedia of Children's Health​,

www.healthofchildren.com/P/Personality-Development.html#ixzz5SDe5X7zd. 

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www.healthofchildren.com/P/Personality-Development.html#ixzz5SDe5X7zd. 

Summary: ​Describe the key points of the source, including at least three key quotes. 

This article speaks on the process of when one is a toddler and just developing their Personalities.
This process has many outcomes depending on ​“ongoing interaction of temperament , character,
and environment.” ​This all starts from when one is a child where ​“well-nurtured and loved, the infant
develops trust and security and a basic optimism. Badly handled, the infant becomes insecure and
learns basic mistrust.”
There are many different that go from year 1-2 all they way to 14. This is where teens find their
identity. This is where they acquire ​“self-certainty as opposed to self-doubt and experiments with
different constructive roles rather than adopting a negative identity, such as delinquency.”  

Assessment: ​Evaluate how the source responds to your research question. What does this source 
offer that other sources do not offer? Is the information reliable? How do you know? Is the source 
biased or objective? What is the goal of this source? 

This article gives me a overall timeline from 1-14. This can help me search what happens exactly at 
that time. This is reliable because it uses information from many other trusted authors to make this 
article  

Reflection: ​How does this source fit into your research? Was it helpful? If so, how? How does it help 
to shape your understanding of the controversy you are researching? How can you use this source 
in your project? 

This will be used to explain the general timeline of personality changes. 

 
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“Personality: Where Does It Come From and How Does It Work?” ​American Psychological
Association​, American Psychological Association,
www.apa.org/pubs/highlights/spotlight/issue-111.aspx. 

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www.apa.org/pubs/highlights/spotlight/issue-111.aspx. 

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 Summary: ​Describe the key points of the source, including at least three key quotes. 

This article introduces a new concept known as “​BEATS​” this​ “stands for beliefs, plus the emotions
and action tendencies.”​ It claims that from when people are infants they ask themself valuable
questions like ​i”s the world good or bad, safe or dangerous? Can I act on my world to meet my
needs?”​ These questions form a personality to the world and other people. This also brings in the
concept that some people's personalities are meant to be shown as this was how they were raised. 

Assessment: ​Evaluate how the source responds to your research question. What does this source 
offer that other sources do not offer? Is the information reliable? How do you know? Is the source 
biased or objective? What is the goal of this source? 

This uses a book “Psychological Review” to make this article so I know its trusted because the book 
uses scientific process to make this evaluation.  

Reflection: ​How does this source fit into your research? Was it helpful? If so, how? How does it help 
to shape your understanding of the controversy you are researching? How can you use this source 
in your project? 

I can use BEATS to help me explain how personalities are developed.  

 
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Harper, Heather. “Nature vs Nurture: How Does Our Personality Develop? - WorkStyle.” Why Your 
Team Will Love WorkStyle, WorkStyle, 4 July 2018, ​www.workstyle.io/how-personality-develops​.  

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https://www.workstyle.io/how-personality-develops  

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This is explaining how “​personality changes and adapts throughout our whole life​”. This helps my 
other other article’s points. This also brings up a few new points like “​it be that our environment 
constantly changes and adapts us? Or could it be that our genetics influence when and how our 
personality changes?​” This brings up the argument of nature v.s nurture where the documents you 
told me to watch will also help. Also it states “​personality are partly based in differences in structure 
and systems in the central nervous system such as genetics, hormones, and neurotransmitters​” This 
would explain how two people from the same place can have a different due to genetics, hormones, 
and neurotransmitters. 

Assessment: ​Evaluate how the source responds to your research question. What does this source 
offer that other sources do not offer? Is the information reliable? How do you know? Is the source 
biased or objective? What is the goal of this source? 

This will help me because It brings up nature v.s nurture and that will be an important part of my 
project. This also relates to the documentary of the same subject. This is trustworthy because the 
points that the article makes are backed up from multiple sources.  
 
 Reflection: ​How does this source fit into your research? Was it helpful? If so, how? How does it help 
to shape your understanding of the controversy you are researching? How can you use this source 
in your project? 

As I stated I will be using nature v.s nurture and the documentary as a part of my project to describe 
how people are raised and how their personalities are affected. 
 
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Cherry, Kendra. “5 Major Theories of Personality Development.” V

​ erywell Mind​, Dotdash, 23 Oct. 
2018, ​www.verywellmind.com/personality-development-2795425​.  

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https://www.verywellmind.com/personality-development-2795425  

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theorized about how personality developed over the course of childhood, but he also developed a 
framework for how overall personality is structured. According to Freud, the basic driving force of 
personality and behavior is known as the libido. This libidinal energy fuels the three components that 
make up personality: the id, the ego, and the superego. Freud's concept of the id, ego and superego 
has gained prominence in popular culture.  

Assessment: ​Evaluate how the source responds to your research question. What does this source 
offer that other sources do not offer? Is the information reliable? How do you know? Is the source 
biased or objective? What is the goal of this source? 

This helps my research because if they're rises how your personality can affect your ego which is a 
big part of how you carry yourself. I say this is reliable because Freud was a neurologist so he 
studied the brain which also deals in personalities. 

Reflection: ​How does this source fit into your research? Was it helpful? If so, how? How does it help 
to shape your understanding of the controversy you are researching? How can you use this source 
in your project? 

I will use this in my project whenever I need to get a person involved so if I were to use credibility I 
will use this information. 
   
 
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Meer, Erin Van Der. “How Personality Is Formed?” C
​ oach​, Coach, 6 Oct. 2017, 
coach.nine.com.au/2017/10/06/14/04/how-personality-is-formed.  

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https://coach.nine.com.au/2017/10/06/14/04/how-personality-is-formed 

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this describes how personality is formed it speaks on how your environment changes you, it also 
shows is how personality is not just nature nurture but it's both as both do have a effect in your 
personality of varying degree. 

Assessment: ​Evaluate how the source responds to your research question. What does this source 
offer that other sources do not offer? Is the information reliable? How do you know? Is the source 
biased or objective? What is the goal of this source? 

the strange thing about this is that it really didn't give a source for the entire argument but what they 
say does coincide with what I've already had such as how nature nurture play a big role in how a 
personality is formed. 

Reflection: ​How does this source fit into your research? Was it helpful? If so, how? How does it help 
to shape your understanding of the controversy you are researching? How can you use this source 
in your project? 

This will go with my explanation because I would have to explain how it is developed first and then I 
can give information on how to get that personality 
 
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“Can Your Personality Change Over Your Lifetime?” G
​ reater Good​, 
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/can_your_personality_change_over_your_lifetime. 

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https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/can_your_personality_change_over_your_lifetime 

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Extraversion: How outgoing, social, cheerful, or full of energy and enthusiasm you are in social 
settings. Agreeableness: How warm, friendly, helpful, generous, and tactful you are. Emotional 
stability (or its opposite, neuroticism): How calm, content, and unflappable—versus anxious, angry, 
jealous, lonely, or insecure—you are. Conscientiousness: How organized, efficient, and committed 
you are to finishing projects or reaching your goals. Openness to experience: How curious, 
adventuresome, and receptive you are to new ideas, emotions, and experiences. 

Assessment: ​Evaluate how the source responds to your research question. What does this source 
offer that other sources do not offer? Is the information reliable? How do you know? Is the source 
biased or objective? What is the goal of this source? 
 this is credible because it used information from a 92 page study that was made by people that 
studied in the field that coincides with personality and how it changes over time. 

Reflection: ​How does this source fit into your research? Was it helpful? If so, how? How does it help 
to shape your understanding of the controversy you are researching? How can you use this source 
in your project? 

This will go great with my evidence because I can use it to explain many questions that might come 
up in my project. 
 
 
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Soto, Christopher. “Personality Can Change Over A Lifetime, And Usually For The Better.” ​NPR​, NPR, 30 June 2016, 
www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/06/30/484053435/personality-can-change-over-a-lifetime-and-usually-for-the-better​.  

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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/06/30/484053435/personality-can-change-over-a-lif
etime-and-usually-for-the-better 

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Research by Brent Roberts, Joshua Jackson, Wiebke Bleidorn and others highlights the importance

of ​social roles​. When we invest in a role that calls for particular kinds of behavior, such as a job that

calls for being hard-working and responsible, then over time those behaviors tend to become

integrated into our personality.

A 2015 ​study​ by Nathan Hudson and Chris Fraley indicates that some people may even be able to

intentionally change their own personality through sustained personal effort and careful

goal-setting. A ​study​ of mine published last year, and ​another​ by Jule Specht, suggest that positive

personality changes accelerate when people are leading meaningful and satisfying lives.

Assessment: ​Evaluate how the source responds to your research question. What does this source 
offer that other sources do not offer? Is the information reliable? How do you know? Is the source 
biased or objective? What is the goal of this source? 

This is a credible source because a uses the study done in 2015 by the people mentioned already 
right above with that studying and the information that was taken from it it gives this article a 
credibility pass. 

Reflection: ​How does this source fit into your research? Was it helpful? If so, how? How does it help 
to shape your understanding of the controversy you are researching? How can you use this source 
 in your project? 

This would go great in my research slots evidence and the more studies I can get the better for me 
because it just makes my arguments much much more reliable.