Personality Flashcards

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Temperament

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Temperament refers to the inherited aspect of your personality.

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Personality

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Personality is made up of the characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviours that make a person unique.

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APD

Anti-Social Personality Disorder

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A personality disorder that is characterised by antisocial behaviour.
Disregard for and violation of the rights, feelings and safety for others.

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APD symptoms

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Lack of emotion and guilt.
Incapable of knowing right from wrong.
Ability to lie.

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Biological cause of APD

Amygdala

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Controls emotion.

People with APD have a smaller amygdala so they wouldn’t feel remorse or fear.

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Biological causes of APD

Prefrontal Cortex

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High order thinking skills and your guilty conscience.

People who have APD have a reduced prefrontal cortex.

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Situational causes of APD

Socioeconomic factors

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Where you live?
Where your born?
How you live?

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Situational causes of APD

Quality of life at Home

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Family bonds.
Living conditions.
Relationship between siblings and parents.

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Situational causes of APD

Educational factors

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Bullies.
School conditions.
Quality of schooling and teaching.

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EPI

Personality Scale

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Personality test that measures extroversion and neuroticism.

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EPQ

Personality Scale

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Personality test that measures psychoticism.

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Extrovert Pesonality

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Personality trait that is characterised by a more impulsive and sociable behaviour.

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Introvert Personality

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Personality trait that is characterised by less social and more cautious behaviour.

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Neurotics Personality

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Personality trait that is characterised by a obsessive and moody behaviour.

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Psychoticism Personality

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Personality trait that is characterised by aggressive, egocentric and cold behaviour.

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