PSY 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Jerome Kagan, Emotional Bias
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If male participants were shown a photograph of an attractive woman, the female they actually spoke with was rated by other people as behaving in a warm, humorous, and friendly manner. What does recent research suggest about the validity of first impressions. First impressions based on configural properties of faces may have some validity. ***the central attributes of personality are generally similar in other cultures but there are at least a few important differences. When you"re young, you hide behind your parents. When you"re older, you will deal with the anxiety in other ways. Assessing temperament in early childhood (the three primary colors): positive emotionality. ***we think that these are precursors to the big five (other than openness) In babies that were fearful at 4 months, 42% were still fearful at 48 months. In babies that were exuberant (positive) at 4 months, 80% were still exuberant at 48 months. More extreme scores in infancy have much better predictive power.
