Lecture 18 - The Genetics of Personality

Question 1

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How do we know that genes influence personality?

Answer 1

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See slide 3

Question 2

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What is the heritability of personality?

Answer 2

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50%

See slide 4

Question 3

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What are personality disorders?

Answer 3

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See slide 5

Question 4

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What other factors other than genes can influence personality?

Answer 4

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See slide 6

Question 5

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What are shared environmental influences?

What are non-shared environmental influences?

Answer 5

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See slide 7

Question 6

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Read slide 10-12

Answer 6

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Question 7

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How can we experiment whether our personality traits are associated with how we behave?

Answer 7

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Testing links between personality traits and smoking behaviour.

See slide 14

Question 8

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Describe the UK biobank.

Answer 8

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See slide 15

Question 9

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Read slide 16

Answer 9

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Question 10

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How can we use genetics to address social issues?

Answer 10

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See slide 17

Question 11

(reading):

Bouchard & McGue (2003) Genetic and environmental influences on human psychological differences J Neurobiol 54(1):4-45

Sanchez-Roige et al. (2018) The genetics of human personality Genes Brain Behav 17(3):e12439

Answer 11

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