PSY311H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sensation Seeking, Surgency, Smile
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Individual di erences in reactivity and self regulation (biological?) Personality traits - patterns of thoughts, emotions, behaviour as product of exp, consistent and stable. Temperament traits = subset of personality di culty in measuring personality in infants; thus we look at temperament present early in life (earliest individual di in personality) also present in non-human animals. However; temperament != personality i. e. ; a person who is impulsive and arrogant impulsive = temperament infancy, non-human animals arrogant = personality product of experience speci c things/thoughts. Why? we don"t see arrogant baby, don"t have self-knowledge or experience that determines this. New york longitudinal study [thomas, chess, birtch, hertzig & korn (1960, 1963)] 35% mixed is categorization valid? (rothbart 1981) Questioned category basis intensity, threshold, adaptability, rhythmicity not consistent across all contexts/responses in categories. Given cognitive tools to make them wait longer i. e. ; distract them so they don"t ring bell to eat marshmallow.
