Personality

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The genetic component of personality (innate)
Temperament
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The thoughts, feelings and behaviours that make an individual unique
Personality
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A study into whether temperament is innate using twins
Buss and Plomin
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A longitudinal study of temperament in children
Thomas Chess and Birch
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Twins developed from one fertilised egg
Monozygotic
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Twins developed from two fertilised eggs
Dizygotic
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A study into whether temperament is due to biological differences involving a caregiver and a child
Kagan and Snidman
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The number of babies Kagan and Snidman used (in words)
Five hundred
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People who are content with their own company
Introverts
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People who look to the outside world for entertainment
Extroverts
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Highly emotionally unstable people
Neurotics
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A scale measuring neuroticism, introversion and extroversion
EPI
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A scale measuring introversion, extroversion, neuroticism and psychoticism
EPQ
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People who are more likely to score highly in psychoticism (m/f)
Males
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A condition in which the individual does not use socially acceptable behaviour or consider the rights of others
Antisocial Personality Disorder
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Outer layer of the brain
Grey matter
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Very front of the brain that controls aggresion
Prefrontal cortex
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Part of the brain involved in emotion
Amygdala
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The percentage of grey matter reduction people with APD have (in words)
Eleven
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The thoughts, feelings and behaviours that make an individual unique

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A study into whether temperament is innate using twins

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