~~ Genetics, evolution and biological perspective QUIZ Flashcards
an initial biological approach was Eysenck , who argued that ________ are more cortically aroused than ________
A) introverts; extroverts
B) extrovers; introverts
C) introverts; neurotics
D) neurotics; introverts
A) introverts; extroverts
in relation to newer knowledge, the Behavioural approach system (BAS) is assumed to be involved in
A) serotonin and/or GABA activity
B) conditioning involving negative outcomes, but not positive outcomes
C) regulating movement toward a desired state
D) regulating movement away from undesired states
C) regulating movement toward a desired state
in relation to newer knowledge, the Behavioural inhibition system (BIS) is assumed to be involved in
A) conditioning involving positive outcomes, but not negative outcomes
B) dopamine activity
C) regulating movement toward a desired state
D) regulating movement away from undesired states
D) regulating movement away from undesired states
in relation to the Behavioural approach system (BAS), which is the following is NOT true
A) High BAS-sensitive people respond to positive mood manipulations
B) People with different levels of BAS sensitivity demonstrate differences in behavioural and emotional responses to incentives
C) May be related to serotonin and/or GABA activity
D) Relates to conditioning involving positive outcomes, but not negative outcomes
C) May be related to serotonin and/or GABA activity
in relation to the Behavioural inhibition system (BIS), which is the following is NOT true
A) Relates to conditioning involving negative outcomes, but not positive outcomes
B) People with different levels of BIS sensitivity demonstrate differences in behavioural and emotional responses to punishment
C) Responsible for positive emotions
D) High BIS-sensitive people respond to anxiety manipulations
C) Responsible for positive emotions
with regard to problems in behaviour, high levels of _______ promotes disorders involving anxiety
A) stress sensitivity
B) threat sensitivity
C) approach response
D) avoidance response
B) threat sensitivity
according to the biological perspective, what kind of response may contribute to depression?
A) high threat response
B) low approach response
C) low threat response
D) both A and B
D) both A and B
according to the biological perspective, if one has a high approach, low avoidance behaviour, what is this most likely to yield symtoms of?
A) anxiety
B) depression
C) antisocial personality
D) acute stress
C) antisocial personality
impulsive sensation seeking and testosterone are adverse behavioural outcomes related to
A) high approach, low avoidance
B) low approach, low avoidance
C) high approach, high avoidance
D) low approach, high avoidance
A) high approach, low avoidance
this orientation to personality suggests that therapy based in part on medication is a means to bring about behavioural change
A) behavioural
B) biological
C) evolution
D) genetic
B) biological
what behavioural outcome is related to Eysenck’s psychoticism dimension?
A) criminal offences
B) antisocial
C) dominance
D) sensation seeking tendencies
D) sensation seeking tendencies
what behavioural outcome is related to Tellegen’s constraint dimension?
A) criminal offences
B) antisocial
C) dominance
D) sensation seeking
D) sensation seeking tendencies
if sensation seeking is related to Eysenck’s psychoticism dimension, in terms of behavioural approach avoidance system, what would one most likely see?
A) high approach
B) high avoidance
C) low threat response
D) high threat sensitivity
A) high approach
both Eysenck’s psychoticism dimension and Tellegen’s constraint dimension relate to the temperament of
A) effortful control
B) activity level
C) sociability
D) emotionality
A) effortful control
The biological process approach to personality suggests it may be possible to assess personality through _________
A) biological functions
B) parental outcomes
C) infant behaviour
D) none of the above
A) biological functions
what hormone fluctuates with the context, increasing with challenges and victories and decreasing with failures
A) progesterone
B) estrogen
C) oxytocin
D) testosterone
D) testosterone
Factor analysis with personality items has found ________ linked with impulsivity, sensation seeking, and dominance
A) progesterone
B) estrogen
C) oxytocin
D) testosterone
D) testosterone
what hormone appears to relate to female responses to stress, termed a tend-and-befriend response
A) progesterone
B) estrogen
C) oxytocin
D) testosterone
C) oxytocin
responses from this hormone may be involved in the attachment system, and it may relate to social bonding more generall
A) progesterone
B) estrogen
C) oxytocin
D) testosterone
C) oxytocin
an approach that argues that personality is genetically determined and that human behaviour tendencies arise from evolutionary processes
A) biological
B) genetic
C) behavioural
D) psychodynamic
B) genetic
studying the ways to find out whether personality differences are inherited
A) experimental research
B) cross cultural research
C) behavioural genetics
D) brain imaging
C) behavioural genetics
broad inherited traits that appear early in life
A) temperament
B) disposition
C) temper
D) character
A) temperament
evidence on temperament supports genetic influences on the following EXCEPT
A) activity level
B) regulation
C) sociability
D) emotionality
B) regulation
which of the following have not been suggested from more recent views on temperament?
A) delay of gratification
B) avoidance
C) effortful control
D) approach
A) delay of gratification