PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Extraversion And Introversion, Agreeableness
14 Sep 2016
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Babies have a different temperament when they are born: happy, sad, angry. Refers to our inborn predispositions to behave a certain way; forms the way for adult personalities. Babies are born with their own personalities: differences between babies predicts what they will become in the future, personality wise, some personality traits may have a genetic basis. First major classification system (thomas and chess, 1977: easy babies (40%) Positive approach; who were usually happy and cheerful, who tended to adjust well to new situations and had regular routines for eating, sleeping and toileting. Tended to be unhappy, were irregular in their eating and sleeping and often responded intensely to unfamiliar situations. Louder and grating cry: slow-to-warm-up baby (15%) Were often unhappy, but unlike difficult babies, slow-to-warm-up babies were not upset by unfamiliar situations. Not going to embrace change like an easy baby but won"t fight it like a difficult baby. Thomas and chess classifications fail to describe about 35% of babies.
