Personality

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Personality
The thoughts, feelings and behaviours of a individual.
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Temperament
The way that we are programed to behave (genes).
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Monozygotic twins
Twins developed from a fertilised egg (identical).
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Dizygotic twins
Twins developed from two seperately fertilised eggs (non identical.
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Extroversion
A personality type that describes people who look to the outside word for entertainment.
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Introversion
A person that is content with thier own company.
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Neuroticism
People that are highly emotional and show a quick intense reaction to fear.
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Personality scale
Ways of measuring personality using yes/no questions.
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Psychoticism
A third identified by Eysenck. People who score high on this dimention are hostile, aggressive, insensitive and cruel.
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Antisocial Personality Disorder
A condition in which the individual does not use socially acceptable behaviour or consider the rights of others.
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Grey Matter (Cerebral Cortext)
The outer layer of the brain.
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Amygdala
Part of the brain involved in emotion.
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Prefrontal Cortext
The very front of the brain. It is involved in the social and moral behaviour and controls aggression.
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The way that we are programed to behave (genes).

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Temperament

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Twins developed from a fertilised egg (identical).

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Twins developed from two seperately fertilised eggs (non identical.

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Card 5

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A personality type that describes people who look to the outside word for entertainment.

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