PSYC 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Psychoanalysis, Twin Study, Factor Analysis
24 Sep 2020
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Negative vs. positive view of human nature. Emphasis on id and instinct vs. ego and social needs and relationships. Therapies similar in style = long, talking. Emerged from experimental psychological research and statistical. 1000"s of terms in language to describe personality traits. Traits are dispositions to act in certain ways across time and situation stable, enduring. Traits are specific dimensions along which personality differs not kinds of people. Endomorph => plump => tolerant, sociable, relaxed. Ectomorph => slight => introverted, anxious, artistic. Characteristic behavioral/emotional style evident from a young age. An individual"s emotional nature, including susceptibility to emotional stimulation prevailing mood fluctuation and intensity of mood . Inhibited = shy, anxious, fearful in novel situations. Unhibited = outgoing, calm, approach novel stimuli. Kagan studied samples of inhibited and uninhibited kids from infancy to adolescence. If one twin is rated as high emotional, the other twin is likely to be rated as highly emotional. Amygdala and hippocampus: emotional centers of brain.
