Personality Flashcards
1
Q
- Which dimensions of personality did Eysenck propose?
A
Extrovert, Introvert, Neurotic and Stable
2
Q
- What neurological system did Eysenck propose as the basis of his introversion-extraversion dimension of personality?
A
Ascending Reticular Activating System (ARAS)
3
Q
- What Dimensions of personality did Gray suggest?
A
Punishment sensitivity (BIS) The Flight Fight and Freeze Response & The Behavioural Inhibition System and Reward Sensitivity (BAS) The Behavioural Activation System.
4
Q
- What effect do anxiolytic drugs have on the behavioural inhibition system?
A
Suppresses it and reduces anxiety.
5
Q
- What patterns of skin conductance activity do introverts show relative to extraverts?
A
Introverts generally have higher resting state skin conductance and take longer to recover from shocks.
6
Q
- What effect does lesioning the septo-hippocampus have on goal conflict behaviours?
A
Suppresses it
7
Q
- Identify one limitation of Eysenck’s neurological theory of personality
A
no groups of specific brain structures or subtle brain processes were (reliably) linked to to dimensions of personality.
8
Q
- What waveband of activity is produced by the septohippocampal system?
A
Theta Waves
