PSYC 250 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Assortative Mating, Extraversion And Introversion, Neuroticism

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 250
• Professor: Jaime L Derringer

Document Summary

Personality is the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine characteristic patterns of behavior and thought. Altruism- makes you feel better about yourself and gives you more energy to do stuff. Kinship- more likely to help healthy family members. In a study regarding men and women all over the world, all found the following important in a relationship. Becoming more similar to each other (smoking or drinking) We must differ in some ways for people to ns to take place. Heritable traits will be passed onto offspring. Ind. that can survive independently are more favorable as mates. In history, ppl who could adapt survived long enough to reproduce. If your able to leave behind more offspring with you characteristics, then the next generation will resemble you more. Normally less favorable traits do not get passed down. Allowed ppl to live long enough to reproduce. Personality changed because diff ppl were in diff environments.