PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Extraversion And Introversion, Conscientiousness, Heritability
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We are pretty good at judging personality based on very little information. Rating the instructor after 2 second video clip". We leave cues in who we are. Gosling"s research on perceiving personality from context. Heritability = % of personality variance in sample explained by genetic similarity. How is personality shaped from the environment? (bandura, 1960s) Personality predicts environments we choose & interpretation of those environments. Particularly interested in aggression and how environments shaped children to grow up to be aggressive adults. Video of children (age 3-5) copying adults aggressive behaviour when presented shown in class. Percentage showing long term negative consequences is quite low (about 15%) A lot of violence is shown in realistic settings. Kids who watch more violent tv are more likely to engage in antisocial acts as adults. Experimental exposure to violence decreases empathy and increases aggressive impulses.