PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Neurochemistry, Factor Analysis, Neuroanatomy

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 101
• Professor: Christopher Niemic

Document Summary

Characteristic patterns of behavior and conscious motives. Less interested in explaining behavior in mental life, rather trait theorists are more interested in describing behavior in mental life. Early attempt to sort people into different personality types. Mbti was based upon typology of carl jung. Different people"s personalities can be characterized using. Classifies different people into various types using two dimensions different types. Using factor analysis, trait theorists can describe individual"s personality. Eysenck- two basic dimension, 1. extroversion vs. introversion and 2. From a biological perspective, there are neurobiological, neuroanatomical and neurochemical influences on our personality. Psychobiology has shown that the resting level of brain arousal is low, they are seeking out stimulation. Differences neuroanatomy, neurochemistry give rise to differences. Many different personality inventories that are used to assess constellations of traits. Long questionnaires that asses wide ranges of feelings and behaviors. Typically, are used to assess a variety of traits at once.