PS101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Twin Study, Neurotransmitter, Limbic System
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Full use of talent, capacity, and potential: balanced, autonomous, ethical, driven/mission/purpose, humour, peak experience - awe, insight. Spontaneous and creative: peak experiences, moment of intense clarity, joy, perception, etc (person is fully engrossed in an activity) Incongruence develop anxiety because of negative sense of self: congruence normal. Evaluating humanistic theory: criticized for its overly positive focus, too simplistic - ignores role of psychological dysfunction. Biological foundations of personality: twin study - "mistra, 6 days of personality tests. Identical twins separated = still more genetic similarity than fraternal in the same environment: environment = less important than genetic factors. Same factors = heritable: no single gene - multiple genes at work, 0. 7 heritability coefficient, environmental factors still play a huge role in determining personality traits. Personality and the brain: gall developed the theory of phrenology, assessing mental qualities through head space, not totally off the mark - personality is based in brain.
