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Personality

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Stems from Latin persona for mask
A pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a persons behavior

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Traits

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How are we different consistent
Individual differences
Stable across situations

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Characteristics

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Unique qualities (physique temperament intelligence)

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Barnum effect

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Individuals give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality hat are actually vague

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Personality tests measure

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Character temperament disposition predict clinical disorders select careers increase function understanding

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Prime characteristics of personality

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  • unique
  • enduring
  • evolutionary
  • genetic
  • made up of traits
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Genetic traits

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Novelty
Thrill seeking
Anxiety
Impulsivity

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Shared environment

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Parents
House
Siblings
Womb

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Temperament

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Biologically based disposition to behave in a certain way. Leads to future personality traits

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Dimensions of temperament

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Activity level
Sensitivity
Intensity
Adaptability
Persistence 
Mood
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Big 5

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Openness
Concientous 
Extra version 
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
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Does personality change

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More agreeable and concientous over time
Brain injury
Parenthood
Changes in life circumstances

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Tests

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S data- self report questionarre interview

O data - observation
T data- standard testing
L data - life events
Physiological data : Fmri, biofeedback

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Objective tests

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Myers Briggs
PAI
MMPU
NEOB(big 5)

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Projective tests

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Ambiguous stimuli
Roarsarch
Word association
TAT (thematic)

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Behavioral assessment

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What a person does

Journaling or observation

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Reliability

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Consistency

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Validity

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Measures what it’s suppose to

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Internal consistency

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Parts are consistent as well as the whole

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Construct validity

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Measures accuracy of a theoretical construct

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Content validity

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Is it measuring what it is suppose to

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Heirarchy of behavior organization

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Specific acts or cognitions
habitual acts
Traits
Super factors (interrelated)

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Cattels trait theory

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Inductive
Divided traits into common and unique
16 pF

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Allport

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Beloved traits followed you from situations 
Traits divided to three
-common :basic
-functionally autonomous :adult
-proprium: core
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Dispositions allport
Personal: particular to person Cardinal: values that rule behavior Central: what others see
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Costa and mcrae | Facets of big 5
- Openness: fantasy aesthetic feelings ideas actions - conscientiousness: order, deliberation, - extroversion: warmth, activity, excitedness, gregarious, assertive - agreeableness: trust, altruism, modesty, tender - neuroticism: anxiety, stress, hostility, impulseiveness
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6th hexacto model
Honesty/humility
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Factor analysis
Stats technique that mathematically defines meaning in set of variables
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Human genome
80,000 genes on 23 pairs of chromosomes
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Human genome project
Sequence entire genome | Sequence does not equal functions
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Goals of behavior genetics
Determine % of individual differences due to genes Determine ways genes and environment interact Determine where in environment environment effects exist
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Hered ability
Proportion of observed variance that is explained by genetic variance
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Environmemtality
Variance due to environmental variance
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Behavioral genetics methods
Selective breeding | Twin family adoption studies
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Big 5 heredablity
``` E 52 0 48 c 47 N 43 A 42 ```
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Passive
Parents provide gene and environment but child doesn’t seek
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Reactive
Parents respond differently based on child’s genes
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Active
Person without genes self environment
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D4dr gene
Chromosome 11 | Codes for dopamine
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Mesomorph
Muscular
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Ectomorph
Thin
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Endomorph
Overweight
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Sensation seeking
Too much MAO
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Clogingers tridemnsionalntheory
Novelty seeking, harm avoidance , reward dependent Low dole, aero, norph
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Asymmetry
Positive- left frontal | Negative - right frontal
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Four stages of attachment bowlby
Pre attachment (0-2months) no discriminate In the making (2-6months) directs signals to a person, no protest Clear cut (6 months to 3 or 4) separation anxiety. Can be attached to several Goal (3,4 +) separation protest declines
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Attachment styles ainsworth
Secure attachment (consistent) Avoidant (disengaged) Ambivalent (anxious, inconsistent) Disorganized (extreme angry)
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Self concept
Basis for self understanding
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Social identity
Basis for self awareness