PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Trait Theory, Nature Genetics, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Allison Jane Ouimet

Document Summary

Biological tradition: genetics, neurobiology, hormones, family history, sex. Psychological tradition: locus of control, attributional style. Self vs. self: information processing, attachment. Bonds that you form early in life early in life: comorbid disorders. If someone has one mental health issue they are more vulnerable to develop other: trauma, self-esteem. Social/ spiritual tradition: gender, stress, interpersonal relationships, ethnicity, ses, employment status. Biology: personality traits, cognitive abilities, physical abilities, schizophrenia, genetic markers very hard to replicate (very complicated) Better to think of mental health and the impacts as polygenic. There are a lot of things on their on that don"t contribute to a mental health problem, but together they could. Mental health issues: adhd, depression, anxiety, personality disorders. Good or poor mental health is dictated by nature. Genetics play a larger role, you are either born with a disorder or not. Personality traits are highly related to genetics this doesn"t mean that it can get better over time.