PSYC 3400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Neuroscience, Cortisol, Personality Psychology

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Chapter 1: a zonal approach to the study of personality. Vertical axis: molecular at the bottom, to the macro at the top, molecular >macro; the little things that make up the bigger, macro >molecular; the bigger broken down into the smaller. Horizontal axis: self to the left to other on the right, self self-aware, agentic, in control, other outer forces are in control. Using a zonal analysis means analyzing personality theory at the most appropriate intersection of the vertical and horizontal axes. 4 major personality zones: physiological zone (biochemical & genetic theories) Focus is on how one"s biologically based personality parts are meshing with one another. Incorporates the elds of neurobiology, genetics, psychoendocrinology & physiological psychology. Ex. when studying anxiety, prefer to measure blood pressure, heart rate, perspiration, or cortisol levels. At the molecular end of the vertical axis- view people as objects composed of biochemical constituents: situational zone (conditioning/learning theories)

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