Could you imagine that a young adult asks a psychologist: will I be a different person by the time I retire? Would this be a meaningful question? If yes, what could a psychologist say and why? (Thinking about this for a paper I work atm) - ThreadSky

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renemottus.bsky.social • 25 days ago

Could you imagine that a young adult asks a psychologist: will I be a different person by the time I retire? Would this be a meaningful question? If yes, what could a psychologist say and why?
(Thinking about this for a paper I work atm)

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renemottus.bsky.social•25 days ago

I think @bwroberts.bsky.social had a somewhat similar thread here about childhood and adulthood ...

ukuvainik.bsky.social•25 days ago

"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." - Heraclitus

However, based on the age, we can roughly tell, what kind of man he will be?

bwroberts.bsky.social•25 days ago

Just gave a whole talk about that question in Luzern. I'll post the video when it is available.

renemottus.bsky.social•25 days ago

Can you preview the conclusion for the impatient?

bwroberts.bsky.social•25 days ago

Well the correlation from childhood to adulthood is only .1 to .15 so the answer has to be no. Of course I might be more delicate with the child than the adult in relaying that factoid.

renemottus.bsky.social•25 days ago

Right, yes. This is really low ... puzzlingly so.

bwroberts.bsky.social•25 days ago

Is it? Long term correlation asymptotes at .20 from older ages. .15 seems about right.

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