PSYC 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: David Buss, Twin Study, Behavioural Genetics
25 Oct 2016
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He talked about this for a while, so it"s probably important. Stable early appearing individual differences in behavioural tendencies that have a constitutional basis. Different aspect of temperament, these are the weather patterns that make up climate (temperament: activity (level, rhythmicity (degree of predictability of their states, approach-withdrawal, adaptability, intensity, threshold, mood, distractibility, persistence of attention. Did the same thing but with different factors: activity, smiling and laughter, fear, soothability, distress to limitation, undisturbed persistence. 40% of kids could be characterized as easy, approached, not fearful, good attention control, things you would find good about a particular child, they get distressed but it"s not high intensity. 10% would be difficult, the opposite as easy, everything is a social and emotional chore, quick to react and slow to recover, generally irritable, low attention control, lots of distress. 15% aren"t reactive but are low in approach. 35% are not classified, shows the problem of breaking things down into categories.
