PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Graphology, Extraversion And Introversion, Comparative Psychology
24 Aug 2016
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Chapter 14 personality who we are. People"s typical way of thinking, feeling, and behaving. These traits account in part for consistencies in our behaviour across time and situations. Nomothetic vs. idiographic approaches to studying personality. Behaviour-genetic methods attempt to disentangle the effects of: genetic factors, shared environmental factors, non-shared environmental factors, use twins and adoption studies to do this. Numerous personality traits are influences by genetics but all much below a 1. 0 correlation. Turns out that shared environment plays little to no role in adult personality. First borns: perfectionist, achiever, leader, bossy, responsible. Middle borns: adaptable, independent, go-between, people-pleaser. Last borns: social, charming, outgoing, uncomplicated. The only child: confident, conscientious, responsible, perfectionist. Most research has failed between personality and order of birth. One possible exception is acceptance of radical scientific ideas. Remember, genes code for proteins, not specific behaviours. Genes have indirect influence on traits, while the environment influences how these are displayed in our lives.
