Personality 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyDevelopment of personalityGCSEAQA Created by: bklxoxCreated on: 31-05-15 22:20 Personality ? The thoughts feelings and behaviours that make an individual unique 1 of 25 Temperament ? The gentetic component of personality 2 of 25 Longitudinal study A study carried out to show how behaviour changes over time 3 of 25 Temperament study 'Easy', 'difficult' and 'slow to warm up ' 4 of 25 Monozygotic twins Developed from one egg 5 of 25 Dizygotic twins Developed from 2 separate fertilised eggs 6 of 25 Eysecks theory 3 types of personality - extroverts introvert and neurotics 7 of 25 Personality scales Ways of measuring personality using yes or no questions 8 of 25 What features does a psychoticism have ? Hostile, aggressive, cruel, insensitive and lack in feelings 9 of 25 Stable extrovert Someone who is sociable, outgoing, talkative and carefree 10 of 25 Unstable extrovert Someone who is touchy, restless, aggressive, excitable 11 of 25 Stable introvert Someone who is calm, controlled, peaceful and careful 12 of 25 Unstable introvert Someone who is moody, anxious,quiet, unsociable 13 of 25 APD A condition in which someone doesn't use socially acceptable behaviour and doesn't consider the rights of others 14 of 25 Characteristics of someone with APD Not following the laws do society, lying, conning others, aggressive,involved in fights, careless about own our others safety, irresponsible 15 of 25 Biological causes of APD Amygdala, prefrontal cortex, grey matter 16 of 25 Amygdala Involved in emotion - people with APD may be affected by this because they don't learn to avoid behaviour that harms others 17 of 25 Prefrontal cortex Involved in social and moral behaviour and controls aggression 18 of 25 Grey matter Outer layer of the brain involved in controlling muscles, emotion and senses like hearing memory and speech . 19 of 25 People with APD have a reduction in ... Grey matter so they are less likely to behave morally 20 of 25 APD Study MRI scans on 21 men with APD and 34 healthy men 21 of 25 Evaluate APD study Supports biological theory of APD, only studied males so can't generalise to females, participants were volenteers so may not have had APD 22 of 25 Situational causes of APD Low income so poor housing, poor parenting, low achievement in education 23 of 25 Situational cause of APD study Longitudinal study on 411 males - 41% males convicted crime between age of 10- 50 24 of 25 Practice implications of APD Can't decide on cause, difficult to treat, biological cause so can't be prevented, reducing childhood problems should reduce APD 25 of 25
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