PSC 142 Lecture 5: PSC142- lecture 5
Document Summary
Self - regulation (emotionality, irritability, activity level) Two central questions about early social & personality development. Temperament is an early foundation of personality development. Temperament constitutionally based individual differences in behavior that tend to be stable across situations & over time. That reflect the organization of brain processes relevant to temperament. A combination of temperamental characteristics including negative mood, irritability, intense emotionality, poor adaptability, & demandingness. Can be a risk factor for later psychological difficulty (such as conduct problems or anxiety) The goodness of fit between temperament & environment guides development either positively or negatively. Temperamental qualities that are more extreme tend to be more influential (difficult temperament as an example) The expression of temperament changes with age. Consider (partly because temperament is based in biological systems that mature significantly in childhood & adolescence) In sum, temperament interacts with the environment over time to shape personality & social development.
