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Development Of Personality Flashcards

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Personality

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Thoughts, feelings and behaviours that make an individual unique

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Temperament

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inherited part of personality

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Monozygotic twins

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One fertilised egg cell

Identical twins

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Dizygotic twins

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2 fertilised egg cells

Non-identical

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Type theory

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Personality types thought to be inherited

Can b described using related traits

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Extroversion

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Personality type - people who look to outside world for entertainment

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Introversion

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Personality type - people content with their own company

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Neuroticism

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Personality type describes people who are highly emotional and show quick reaction to fear

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Personality scale

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Ways of measuring personality using Yes/no questions

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EPI

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Eysenck’s personality inventory

Scale used to measure extroversion-introversion and neuroticism-stability

Yes/no questions

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EPQ

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Eysenck’s personality questionnaire

Scale used to measure introversion-extroversion and neuroticism
Psychoticism recently added as third dimension

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Psychoticism

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Third dimension identified by Eysenck

Hostile, aggressive, insensitive and cruel

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APD

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Antisocial personality disorder

An individual does not use socially acceptable behaviour

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DSM-IV-TR

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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

Lists mental disorders and criteria for diagnosis a doctor would use

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Diagnosis of APD

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18+

Evidence of conduct disorder before 15

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Characteristics of APD

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Not following norms and laws of society 
Lying 
Impulsive
Not planning ahead
Irritable 
Aggressive 
Careless
Irresponsible 
Hurting, mistreating, stealing
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Socioeconomic factors

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Social and financial issues that can affect an individual

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Amygdala

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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

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Grey matter/cerebral cortex

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Outer layer of brain
Most complex part

Language, sensory perception, movement and speech

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Prefrontal cortex

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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

Psychology GCSE - unit 1 (4 decks)

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