PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Phlegm, Behavioral Activation, Agreeableness

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Paula Barata

Document Summary

Humourism: which explained both physical illness and disorders of personality as resulting from imbalance in key uids in the body the 4 humours including: blood, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile. Phrenology: the theory that personality characteristics could be assessed by carefully measuring the outer skull; the speci c dimension of the skull indicated the size of the brain areas inside which in turn corresponded to speci c personality characteristics. Arousal theory of extraversion: arguing that extraversion is determined by people"s threshold for arousal; according to this theory people high in extraversion (ie extraverts) have a higher threshold for arousal than people with low extraversion (ie. introverts) Ascending reticular activating system (aras): plays a central role in controlling this arousal response. Behavioural activation system (bas): is a go system, arousing the person to action in the pursuit of desired goals. This system is responsive to rewards and fairly unresponsive to possible negative consequences.