Ch. 9 : Biological Approach -- Exam 3

Question 1

What does the biological approach stress

Answer 1

the importance of a biological influence on personality

Question 2

Biological creatures

Answer 2

humans

Question 3

What are humans born with

Answer 3

predispositions to respond in particular ways to the environment

Question 4

How can traits be altered

Answer 4

by socialization

Question 5

When our environment and our genes interact

Answer 5

to produce behavior

Question 6

Which play a stronger role

Answer 6

biological factors

Question 7

What do trait theorists believe

Answer 7

people are born with no personalities

Question 8

How did THe personality theory add to trait theory

Answer 8

biological foundation of each trait (genetic component)

Question 9

What did personality theory rely on

Answer 9

factor anaylsis

Question 10

What are the 3 supertraits

Answer 10

Extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism

Question 11

Specific Responses

Answer 11

watch someone spend the afternoon talking and laughing with friends

Question 12

Habitual Responses

Answer 12

person spends any hours/ many afternoons with friends

Question 13

Exhibits the trait of sociability

Answer 13

interactions not limited to afternoons with friends but all kinds of social gatherings

Question 14

Traits combine to form what

Answer 14

extraversion, or people who are sociable tend to be impulsive, active, likely and excitable

Question 15

Extraversion

Answer 15

sociable, impulsive, excitable, active, lively

Question 16

Neuroticism

Answer 16

emotionally unstable, high anxiety level

Question 17

Psychoticism

Answer 17

insensitive to others, hostile, cruel

Question 18

Introverts

Answer 18

likely to be more sensitive to stimulation

Question 19

Extraverts

Answer 19

must seek stimulation to maintain their brain activity level (arousal level) and avoid boredom

Question 20

Over time, are supertraits stable or unstable?

Answer 20

stable

Question 21

What does temperaments refer to

Answer 21

a person’s way of interacting with the world

Question 22

What are the 3 temperaments in the Buss-Plomin model

Answer 22

Activity, emotionality, sociability

Question 23

Activity

Answer 23

general level of energy output

Question 24

Activity: Children high

Answer 24

fidget;squirm

Question 25

Activity: Adult high

Answer 25

on the go

Question 26

Emotionality

Answer 26

intensity of one’s emotional reactions

Question 27

Emotionality: Children High

Answer 27

• cry a lot

- easily frightened

Question 28

Emotionality: Adult High

Answer 28

quick temper

Question 29

Sociability

Answer 29

tendency to affiliate and interact with others

Question 30

Sociability: Children High

Answer 30

seeks others to play with; responsiveness

Question 31

Sociability: Adults High

Answer 31

friends; social activities

Question 32

What are the 3 ways to measure temperament

Answer 32

Frequency
Duration
Amplitude

Question 33

Frequency

Answer 33

how many responses in a certain amount of time

Question 34

Duration

Answer 34

how long each response is

Question 35

Amplitude

Answer 35

how intense each response is

Question 36

What is the main point of Buss-Piomin’s main point

Answer 36

adult personalities are determined by both inherited temperaments and the environment

Question 37

What are temperaments

Answer 37

general behavioral styles that influence the development of personality

Question 38

Kagan: Temperament

Answer 38

differentiates between inhibited and uninhibited children

Question 39

Inhibited children

Answer 39

• controlled; gentle; clingy

- explore new surroundings in a slow way

Question 40

Uninhibited children

Answer 40

• free; energetic; spontaneous

- pattern seems to persist over time

Question 41

strengths of biological approach

Answer 41

ties personality to biological

Question 42

What is personality a product of

Answer 42

biology not just environment

Question 43

Weakness of biological approach

Answer 43

ideas often difficult to test