Development Of Personality Flashcards
Personality
Thoughts, feelings and behaviours that make an individual unique
Temperament
inherited part of personality
Monozygotic twins
One fertilised egg cell
Identical twins
Dizygotic twins
2 fertilised egg cells
Non-identical
Type theory
Personality types thought to be inherited
Can b described using related traits
Extroversion
Personality type - people who look to outside world for entertainment
Introversion
Personality type - people content with their own company
Neuroticism
Personality type describes people who are highly emotional and show quick reaction to fear
Personality scale
Ways of measuring personality using Yes/no questions
EPI
Eysenck’s personality inventory
Scale used to measure extroversion-introversion and neuroticism-stability
Yes/no questions
EPQ
Eysenck’s personality questionnaire
Scale used to measure introversion-extroversion and neuroticism
Psychoticism recently added as third dimension
Psychoticism
Third dimension identified by Eysenck
Hostile, aggressive, insensitive and cruel
APD
Antisocial personality disorder
An individual does not use socially acceptable behaviour
DSM-IV-TR
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
Lists mental disorders and criteria for diagnosis a doctor would use
Diagnosis of APD
18+
Evidence of conduct disorder before 15
Characteristics of APD
Not following norms and laws of society Lying Impulsive Not planning ahead Irritable Aggressive Careless Irresponsible Hurting, mistreating, stealing
Socioeconomic factors
Social and financial issues that can affect an individual
Amygdala
Part of the brain involved in emotion
Located in temporal lobe
Involves memory and emotion, especially fear and responsible for learning from negative consequences
Amygdala is impaired in people with APD
Grey matter/cerebral cortex
Outer layer of brain
Most complex part
Language, sensory perception, movement and speech
Prefrontal cortex
Front of the brain
In frontal lobe
Involved in social and moral behaviour
Controls aggression
People with APD have been known to have smaller prefrontal cortex
