Personality

Question 1

Temperament

Answer 1

The genetic component to our personality

Question 2

Personality

Answer 2

The thoughts feelings and behaviours that make an individual unique

Question 3

Longitudinal study

Answer 3

A study carried out to show show how behaviour changes over time

Question 4

Thomas chess and birch

Answer 4

To discover whether ways of responding to the environment remain stable throughout life
133 children from infancy to adulthood and parents interviewed
3 types easy difficult and slow to warm up
Temperament is innate

Question 5

Monozygotic twins

Dizygotic twins

Answer 5

M- twins developed from one fertilised

D- twins developed from two separetly fertilised eggs

Question 6

Buss and plomin

Answer 6

Aim to test idea that temperament is innate
Studied D&M twins & looked at emotionality, activity and sociability
Closer correlations between M twins
Temperament has a genetic basis

Question 7

Kagan and snidman

Answer 7

Aim to investigate whether temperament is due to biological differences.
Baby sat with care giver then caregiver went out of sight and studied babies reactions.
Few babies cried
Some little movement
Rest fell in between

Question 8

Extroversion

Answer 8

A personality type that describes people who look to the outside world for entertainment

Question 9

Introversion

Answer 9

Someone who is content with there own company

Question 10

Neuroticism

Answer 10

Someone highly emotional and show quick intense fear

Question 11

Eysenck

Answer 11

To investigate personality differences
700 servicemen did a questionaire and anayalysed results
Results extroversion and introversion
Conclusions is that everyone fits into the 2 dimensions most people in middle

Question 12

Epi and epq

Answer 12

Inventry

Questionaire

Question 13

Pyschoyicism

Answer 13

3rd dimension by Eysenck people who score high on this dimension are hostile aggressive insensitive and cruel

Question 14

Antisocial personality disorder

Answer 14

A condition in which the individual does not use socially acceptable behaviour or consider the rights of others

Question 15

Characteristics of apd

Answer 15

Doesn't follow rules 
Compulsive lying
Doesn't plan ahead
Aggressive
Careless about safety
Irresponsible 
Steals

Question 16

Amygdala

Answer 16

In central cortex I between the 2 hemispheres and doesn’t work properly if you suffer from apd, part of brain that is involved with emotions and responsible for learning from the negative consequences of our actions

Question 17

Raine et al

Answer 17

To support theories that something wrong with prefrontal cortex can cause apd
Mri scan in 21 apd men then 34 healthy men all volunteers
Apd had less grey matter
Apd is caused by a reduction is prefrontal grey matter

Question 18

Farrington

Answer 18

To investigate development of offendi g and antisocial behaviour In males from childhood To the age of 50
Longitudinal study in London interviews and looked at criminal records
41% convicted once between age of 1 to 50 because of poverty or no education
Situational factors lead to development of antisocial behaviour

Question 19

Elander et al

Answer 19

Investigating childhood risk factors used to predict antisocial behaviour in adulthood
225 twins diagnosed with disorders then interviewed 10 to 25 years later
Low iq hyperactivity were predictors of apd and adult life style criminality
Disruptive behaviour in childhood can be used to predict apd in adulthood