Seminar 6 Evolution and Temperament

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Seminar 6Evolution and Temperament

• Karlene Barrett, PhD, CASAC

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Overview

• Check-In
• Babies R Us
• Temperament
• Eysenck and Others
• Questions
• Wrap-Up

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Babies R Us Infant Temperament

• Childhood Stories?
• What is your earliest childhood memory?
• Earliest memory of having an emotion
  (emotionality)
• Is there a connection with this memory and your
  personality?

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• Temperament biologically based foundation of
  personality
• Emotionality
• Inhibited vs. uninhibited type
• Activity Level
• Sociability
• Role of the Environment

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Hans Eysenck (1916 1997)

• Extraversion and Introversion
• Biological differences in how the brain functions
  in response to different stimuli
• Neuroticism (emotionality)
• Psychoticism (social deviance)

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Question?

• What emotional responses and social behaviors are
  derived from biology?
• How do these factors affect individual
  personality?

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Brain Teaser

• How do you account for the changes in personality
  in individuals who have had traumatic brain
  injury?

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Question

• Do you think that there are gender differences in
  personality traits?
• How does the biological approach account for
  these gender differences?

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Case Study
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Thanks Everyone

• Have a wonderful week!