PSY230H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Trait Theory, Asian Canadians, Heritability
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Essay questions: one of the oldest quesions in psychology is the contribuion of nature (genes) and nurture (parening) on individuals" behaviors, personality, and life-outcomes. Explain how the classic twin design addresses this quesion (how does it show efects of nature / nurture) and summarize some of the key indings from twin studies. In the end, explain how learning about twin studies inluenced your own thinking about this issue: research suggests that personality is highly stable, even if people have characterisics that they do not like about themselves. Do a self-experiment to ind out what may be the cause of stability. For two days try to behave diferent from your normal self. If you are a clean person, be messy. If you are shy, just talk to strangers, etc. Describe your experience and explain what you learned about causes of stability. Social psychologists oten argue that these diferences are learned and imposed by cultural norms and roles.
