04-24-2009, 11:28 AM
I am happy to hear that both of you can relate.
Larry, I would say, from my numerous encounters with him here and on a couple other forums, would rank high on agreeableness. I don't know that my critics on MR forums would apply that label to me, but I am pretty sure my success as a teacher and counsellor lends some currency for its application to me. My now grown daughters would probably have mixed feelings. I was demanding and often strict, but I was also a good dad who now enjoys a wonderful rapport with the grown girls.
Also, I think retirement "does things" to people. One thing that modern personality theorists seem to agree on is that the manifestations of traits are highly responsive to situational variables. Changing circumstances will very often lead to a change in orientation in people. It kind of calls into question how robust or fixed, or strong, traits really are!
-Crandell
Larry, I would say, from my numerous encounters with him here and on a couple other forums, would rank high on agreeableness. I don't know that my critics on MR forums would apply that label to me, but I am pretty sure my success as a teacher and counsellor lends some currency for its application to me. My now grown daughters would probably have mixed feelings. I was demanding and often strict, but I was also a good dad who now enjoys a wonderful rapport with the grown girls.
Also, I think retirement "does things" to people. One thing that modern personality theorists seem to agree on is that the manifestations of traits are highly responsive to situational variables. Changing circumstances will very often lead to a change in orientation in people. It kind of calls into question how robust or fixed, or strong, traits really are!
-Crandell