Individual Differences - Health Psychology Flashcards

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What is sensation-seeking personality?

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Personality trait makes someone more susceptible to seek out risky experiences

Zuckerman (1979) originally identified this trait in individuals

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What is BPD (borderline personality disorder)?

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Passive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image and marked impulsivity beginning early childhood

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What can be biological individual differences be due to?

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A1 variant of DRD2 gene

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