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Eysenck
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top down theory of personality. first look for factors and then look for the causes of these factors
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1967
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yerkes dodson
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intermediate amount of arousal leads to optimum performance
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1908
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easterbrook
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suggested that the reason for the yerkes dodson law was that it effected attentional ability. too much arousal=narrowed attention. too little arousal=unable to pay attention
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1959
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gale
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review of 33 eeg studies. investigate arousal potential. found that chronic cortial arousal was present in 22 or the 33 studies.
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1983
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geen
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showed that noise has a bad effect on interverts
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1984
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revelle et al
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showed the effect of caffine and stimulants on introverts and extroverts. caffine has a negative effect on introverts. but introverts are less effected by alcohol
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1976
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furnham
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showed that introverts and extroverts had social enviromental preferences. extroverts prefered situations with competition.
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1981
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plouffe and stelmark
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the only study suggesting a biological effect of neurotism. neurotics show increased pupil contriction under stress
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1979
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conley and angelide
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showed that neurotism was the biggest predictor of affect disorders - suggests that is is a trait!
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1988
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gray
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bottom up theory of personality. first look for the biological causes of behaviour. then work out what factors it effects. just because there are a certain amount of factors doesn't mean there'll be the same ammount of causes
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1973
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gray
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experiment involving gray giving anxiolytic drugs to animals in an attempt to understand the effect anxiety has on behaviour
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1982
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davidson
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evidence for the existance of a BAS - showed that it exists using an eeg.
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2003
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carver and white
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attempted to provide evidence that impulsiveness was related to chronic activation of BAS and that anxiety was related to the BIS.
high anx - more nervous after negative feedback high imp - more happy after positive feedback. this is due to increased activity of BIS and BAS respectively |
1994
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cohen et al
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ppts who are high on impulsiveness also show higher levels of activation of the dopamine reward system
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2005
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franken and muris
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bas scores are higher in drug addicts - suggests impulsiveness
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2006
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