Personality Mindmap
- Created by: jessmitch
- Created on: 01-06-13 11:23
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- Personality
- Temperament Types
- Easy - have no effect when put in an unfamiliar. situation
- Thomas and Birch -
- Aim - to see if temperament is innate.
- Method - 133 babies were observed and their parents were interviewed.
- Results - babies were put into 3 categories; Easy, Difficult, Slow to Warm Up.
- Conclusion - they found that temperment is innate.
- Evaluation - Longitudinal Study, so results were carried out over a long period of time so were reliable.
- Negative - participants were able to drop out.
- Thomas and Birch -
- Difficult - respond badly to being put in unfamiliar situation.
- Slow to Warm Up - were unsure of the change at first but soon were content with the situation.
- Easy - have no effect when put in an unfamiliar. situation
- Personality is the thoughts, feelings and behaviors that make a person unique.
- Temperament - the genetic components of personality.
- Eysenck Type Theory - personality types are inherited. They can be described using related traits.
- Personality Types
- Extrovert - someone who look to the outside world for entertainment.
- Introvert - someone who is content with their own company.
- Neurotic - people who show quick reaction to fear and are highly emotional.
- Stable - someone who is unnerved by fear and is calm and relaxed
- Personality Scale - ways of measuring personality using yes/no questions.
- Amygdala - part of the brain involved with emotion.
- Pre - frontal Cortex - controls social and moral behavior.
- Temperament Types
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