PSY230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Psychoticism, Electrodermal Activity, Extraversion And Introversion
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All traits can be subsumed w/in 3 personality dimensions: extroversion/introversion. Believed this was linked to brain activity. Extroverts experience lower levels of cortical arousal. Yerkes-dodson law (optimal level of arousal: neuroticism. Experience greater stress, worry more, tend to be perfectionist. Heart rate, blood pressure, sweating, muscular tension. Neurotic ppl have lower threshold for sympathetic ns activation (i. e. become stressed from minor occurrences: psychoticism. Combo of being disagreeable & not conscientious (less ability to delay gratification) Tend to engage in more irresponsible behaviour & contravene social norms. Tend to be aggressive, egocentric & impersonal. Believed this was linked to brain activity & hormones (e. g. testosterone) Testosterone related to aggression & social status. Specific response level: specific behaviours (e. g. olenna goes out with friends. Habitual response level: specific behaviours ppl usually engage in (e. g. olenna goes out with friends every wednesday night) Trait level: pattern of behaviours related to specific trait (e. g. sociability)
