Psychology 2550A/B Lecture Notes - Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Monoamine Neurotransmitter, Multiple Sex Partners

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2550A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

Document Summary

Heritable differences in personality reflect such variations: physical characteristics affect the way others perceive us and the way we interact with the world thus affecting out personality. An early effort: physique and personality: william h. sheldon"s dimensions of physique that correspond to 3 distinct temperaments (chart in textbook) Ecdomophic-long fragial large brain and sensitive nervous system. These are associated with certain personality types: individual differences in asymmetry in the anterior(frontal) brain regions are fairly stable. The behavioral inhibition and activation systems: the behavioral inhibition system (bis) is a neurological system in the brain that causes individuals to withdraw from certain undesirable stimuli. High bis self-reports are correlated with higher activity levels in the right frontal area of the brain and negative feelings to aversive stimuli (threats: the behavioral activation systems (bas) directs individuals toward certain desirable goals of incentives. Items from the bis/bas scale (1 2 3 4 1 1 being strongly agree and 4 being strongly disagree: bis.