PS264 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Big Five Personality Traits, Limbic System, Hypothalamus
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Mobilization or activation in preparation of actual behaviour. In the limbic system, once activated, you will want to keep activating it because it feels good (ex. Do something out of want or desire or need. What kind of pleasure does it bring to you. Jobs: regulates food, contains thirst center, body temperature, feelings of range and aggression. A built-in disinclination (or even an inability) for certain conditioned stimuli to elicit particular conditioned responses. Goes beyond the physical brain and are adapted for a world we do not live in. Consistent individual differences in emotionality and is a result of genetically inherited characteristics. Temperament for example is more influenced by heredity and biology. Long lasting, it is consistent, but it is not rigid, it wont be the same as a child and as an adult. You experience events that are life changing that will change temperament overtime. Free will implies that people can create their own destiny.
