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

Personality Sixth edition Chapter Biological Aspects of Personality Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Modules (1 of 2) Introduction: Biological Aspects of Personality 5.1: Direct Genetic Effects 5.2: Genetic Effects through Temperament 5.3: Twins as a Source of Data 5.4: Sexual Identity and Sexual Orientation 5.5: Mediated Effects of Biology 5.6: Effects from Creation of Environments Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 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 Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 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 Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Learning Objectives (2 of 2) 5.6: Scrutinize how the environment affects our personality 5.7: Scrutinize the physical attractiveness stereotype 5.8: Examine the theory of sociobiology 5.9: Analyze Darwin's 'survival of the fittest" theory and decipher its true meaning Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 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 Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.1: Direct Genetic Effects Objective: Recognize Charles Darwin's theory of evolution − Charles Darwin − Anatomical relations between humans and primates Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.1.1: Natural Selection and Functionalism − Natural selection − Examples of functionalism − Evolutionary personality theory Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.1.2: Angelman Syndrome − Overview − Afflictions Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.1.3: Behavioral Genomics − Human genome − Behavioral genomics Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.4.2: Hormones and Experience − Early hormonal experiences − Factors affecting C.N.S Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.5: Mediated Effects of Biology Objective: Examine the effects of different diseases to understand psychology − Vincent van Gogh − Ménière’s disease Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.5.1: Effects through Environmental Toxins − Mercury poisoning − Heavy metal neurotoxicity Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.5.2: Effects through Physical Illness − Alzheimer’s disease − Pick’s disease Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.5.3: Effects from Legal and Illegal Drugs − Drugs that affect personality − Symptoms of cocaine addiction Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.6: Effects from Creation of Environments Objective: Scrutinize how the environment affects our personality − Effects of biological influences − Sheldon’s somatotypology Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.6.1: Tropisms − Random intrusions of unpredictable environments − Reasons for tropisms Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.7: Effects from Reactions of Others Objective: Scrutinize the physical attractiveness stereotype − Impacts of physical characteristics − Stereotypes of tall and short people Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.7.1: Physical Attractiveness Stereotype − Physical attractiveness stereotype − Culturally desirable characteristics Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.8: Sociobiology Objective: Examine the theory of sociobiology − Overview − Areas of application Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.8.1: Cinderella Effect − Reasons − Factors for evolutionary analyses Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.9: Darwinism and Social Darwinism 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 Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.9.1: Culture, Nazis, and “Superior Races” − Behavioral changes in immigrant children in the United States − Inferior subhumans for Hitler Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved 5.9.2: The Human Genome and Eugenics − Human genome project − Beliefs leading to genetic racism Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Conclusion: Biological Aspects of Personality − Analogy − Advantages − Limits − Common assessment techniques − Implications for therapy Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved ...Modules (1 of 2) Introduction: Biological Aspects of Personality 5. 1: Direct Genetic Effects 5. 2: Genetic Effects through Temperament 5. 3: Twins as a Source of Data 5. 4: Sexual Identity and Sexual... 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 Copyright © 2016, 2012,... Reserved 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