Personality Flashcards
5 factor theory
All personality traits can be combined into Extraversion Neuroticism Openness Agreeableness Conscientiousness
Tabula rasa
Humans born as blank slates
Behaviourist view of personality
Humans and blank slates
Culture and socialization program behaviour
Not genes
Gene environment correlations
Passive - genetic parents reading environment correlated with genotype of child
Evocative - child receives responses from others that are influenced by his genotype. Smiley baby more social stimulation than others
Active - niche-picking, they pick out a environment they find compatible and stimulating. It’s the most powerful connection between people and genotype
Examples of genotype to environment
Passive - parent who’s good reader is likely to give their child books and so they children are more likely to be good at reading
Active - sports clubs
Evocative - child who is competitive and eager is more likely to receive pleasant and instructional interactions from adults
What are the three sources variations of a trait could come from
Additive genetic variation
Environmental variation
Category of residual effects ( developmental accident
Strongest predictor for someone’s well being
Personality - low neuroticism and high extraversion
Social dominance order
People who think some people are better than others
Low in openness, agreeableness
What makes a man more likely to get married
Lower in alienation and absorption and higher on social potency achievement and aggression
What makes a woman more likely to get married
Lower in alienation and lo
Divorce risks for men
Social potency, stress reaction, alienation, absorption
Divorce risks for women
Social potency, achievement, alienation, aggression, absorption
Risk factor for depressive disorders
Neuroticism
Risk for anti social behaviour
High neuroticism, high extroversion
Low agreeableness
Low conscientiousness
