Gen Psych Chapter 9: Personality Flashcards

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What is the definition of personality?

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Personality is a person’s patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving.

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What three things are true about personality traits?

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1) Each of these traits lies on a continuum. 2) You have a score for each trait. 3) Your personality profile can be captured where you are all 5 continuums.

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What is snooping?

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Behavioral residue in people’s bedroom.

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What is behavioral genetics?

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The interest in how genes and environment contribute to individual differences in personality.

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What are the 3 main goals of behavioral genetics?

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1) Find out the percentage of variance due to genes & the percentage
due to the environment. 2) Figure out the ways that genes and the environment interact. 3) Figure out exactly where in the environment the effects are
coming from.

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What 3 study methods are the most common in behavioral genetics?

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1) Twin studies. 2) Adoption studies. 3) Twin and adoptions studies.

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What is heritability?

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Proportion of individual differences in a trait due to genes.

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How inheritable are personality traits by percentage?

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40%-70%

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