Personality classic theories and modern research 6th chapter 5 biological aspects of personality

All Rights ReservedModules 2 of 2 5.7: Effects from Reactions of Others 5.8: Sociobiology 5.9: Darwinism and Social Darwinism Conclusion: Biological Aspects of Personality... All Rights

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Personality

Sixth edition

Chapter 5

Biological Aspects of Personality

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Modules (2 of 2)

5.7: Effects from Reactions of Others

5.8: Sociobiology

5.9: Darwinism and Social Darwinism

Conclusion: Biological Aspects of Personality

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Learning Objectives (1 of 2)

5.1: Recognize Charles Darwin's theory of evolution

5.2: Examine the four basic aspects of

temperament

5.3: Analyze the study of twins as a method to

discover the genetic influences on personality

5.4: Report various aspects of identity and sexuality 5.5: Examine the effects of different diseases to

understand psychology

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5.8: Examine the theory of sociobiology

5.9: Analyze Darwin's 'survival of the fittest" theory and decipher its true meaning

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Introduction: Biological Aspects of

Personality

− Self-fulfillment through proper rearing and hard

work

− Biological responses

− Effects of biology on personality

− Effects of heredity on personality

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Objective: Recognize Charles Darwin's theory of evolution

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5.1.1: Natural Selection and Functionalism

− Natural selection

− Examples of functionalism

− Evolutionary personality theory

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5.1.2: Angelman Syndrome

− Overview

− Afflictions

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5.1.3: Behavioral Genomics

− Human genome

− Behavioral genomics

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Objective: Examine the four basic aspects of temperament

− Pavlov’s research

− Temperament

5.2: Genetic Effects through Temperament

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5.2.1: Activity, Emotionality, Sociability, Impulsivity

− Aspects of temperament

− Measuring children’s temperament dimensions

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5.2.2: Eysenck’s Model of Nervous System Temperament

− Methods to explain basic temperaments

− Eysenck’s work on introversion-extroversion

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5.2.3: Gray’s Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory

− Overview

− Relevant biological systems

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5.2.4: Sensation Seeking and Proneness

Addiction-− Sensation-seekers

− Cocaine

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Objective: Analyze the study of twins as a method to discover the genetic influences on personality

− Twin research

− Key dimensions

5.3: Twins as a Source of Data

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5.3.1: Sir Francis Galton

− Overview

− Flaw in belief

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5.3.2: Minnesota Twin Study

− Jack and Oskar

− Conclusions

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5.3.3: Nurture and Nonshared Environmental Variance

− The Nurture Assumption

− Nonshared environmental variance

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5.3.4: Epigenetics

− Overview

− Aspects affecting personality

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5.3.5: Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Depression

− Schizophrenia

− Bipolar disorder

− Depression

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Objective: Report various aspects of identity and sexuality

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5.4.1: Reproductive Advantage

− Kin selection

− Inclusive fitness

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5.4.2: Hormones and Experience

− Early hormonal experiences

− Factors affecting C.N.S.

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Objective: Examine the effects of different diseases to understand psychology

− Vincent van Gogh

− Ménière’s disease

5.5: Mediated Effects of Biology

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5.5.1: Effects through Environmental Toxins

− Mercury poisoning

− Heavy metal neurotoxicity

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5.5.2: Effects through Physical Illness

− Alzheimer’s disease

− Pick’s disease

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5.5.3: Effects from Legal and Illegal Drugs

− Drugs that affect personality

− Symptoms of cocaine addiction

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Objective: Scrutinize how the environment affects our personality

− Effects of biological influences

− Sheldon’s somatotypology

5.6: Effects from Creation of Environments

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5.6.1: Tropisms

− Random intrusions of unpredictable environments

− Reasons for tropisms

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Objective: Scrutinize the physical attractiveness stereotype

− Impacts of physical characteristics

− Stereotypes of tall and short people

5.7: Effects from Reactions of Others

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5.7.1: Physical Attractiveness Stereotype

− Physical attractiveness stereotype

− Culturally desirable characteristics

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Objective: Examine the theory of sociobiology

− Overview

− Areas of application

5.8: Sociobiology

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5.8.1: Cinderella Effect

− Reasons

− Factors for evolutionary analyses

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Objective: Analyze Darwin's ”survival of the fittest" theory and decipher its true meaning

− Assumptions from ”survival of the fittest”

− Types of “societies” of nonhuman animals

5.9: Darwinism and Social Darwinism

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5.9.1: Culture, Nazis, and “Superior Races”

− Behavioral changes in immigrant children in the

United States

− Inferior subhumans for Hitler

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5.9.2: The Human Genome and Eugenics

− Human genome project

− Beliefs leading to genetic racism

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Conclusion: Biological Aspects of Personality

− Analogy

− Advantages

− Limits

− Common assessment techniques

− Implications for therapy

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