PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter Module 12.2: Middle Frontal Gyrus, Twin, Hans Eysenck
27 Jan 2018
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Module 12. 2 cultural and biological approaches to personality. The key terms associated with cultural and biological approaches to personality. Your knowledge to understand personality differences between cultures. Claims that males and females have fundamentally different personalities. Weird: (cid:862)wester(cid:374), edu(cid:272)ated, i(cid:374)dustrialized, ri(cid:272)h, a(cid:374)d de(cid:373)o(cid:272)rati(cid:272)(cid:863: 96% of psychological studies have been conducted on this type of people. Comparing personality traits between nations nations are able to score differently. Japan scored lowest in: openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness. Twin studies (p512) allows researchers to estimate the impact of genes on personality, Identical twins still showed a higher personality similarity correlation than fraternal twins. genes overshadow the works of parents (in many cases) when it comes to personality. The role of evolution in personality scientists believe that certain personality traits are built into the human species. Animal behaviour: the evolutionary roots of personality fast-exploring (aggressive, bold) vs. slow-exploring (passive, shy and responsive to environmental cues) types of bird behaviours. these are genetic based.
