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Unit 2 of Personality Psychology - Excludes Evolution
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Discusses the heritability of personality traits, twin and adoption studies, environmental influence on personality, traits we can predict using environment, gene-environment correlation (passive, reactive, active). Also discusses the pros and cons of doing heritability research on personality. "The Physiology of Personality" - skin conductance, introversion and extraversion as differences in baseline sensitivity, Donlad Hebb's theory of optimal arousal, Reinforcement sensitivity theory (BIS/BAS), sensation seeking as having a biological cause, MAO (monoamineoxidase), and Cloninger's biological model of personality.
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- After exam 1 - before evolution
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