Claridge / Canter / Hume Personality Differences and Biological Variations

A Study of Twins
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-4517-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Web PDF

Personality Differences and Biological Variations: A Study of Twins details a study aimed to discover the genetic uniqueness of twins and the biological basis of their individual differences. Coverage of the book includes the details of the project - its aims, method, its theoretical background, sample selection and the description of the sample; personality traits in twins the sociability/impulsivity and the Foulds hostility scale; and the influence of age and separation. The book also covers some aspects of cognitive function in twins - divergent thinking and the analysis of its measures; conceptual thinking; and the relationship of personality and cognitive function. The book also includes twins' physiological measures; their sedative drug tolerance; and a nervous typological analysis of their personal variaton. The text is recommended for psychologists who wish to learn more and study about how twins think and how they get along with one another.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Claridge, Gordon

Canter, Sandra

Hume, W. I.

Eysenck, H. J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Personality Differences and Biological Variations: A Study of Twins;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;PREFACE;8
6;CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE TWIN PROJECT;10
6.1;The aims of the project;10
6.2;The twin method;11
6.3;Theoretical background of the project;16
6.4;The twin sample Selection and description of the sample;19
6.5;Determination of zygosity;22
6.6;Some procedural details;26
6.7;Concluding remarks;28
6.8;References;28
7;CHAPTER 2. PERSONALITY TRAITS IN TWINS;30
7.1;Introduction;30
7.2;The present study;33
7.3;Comparison of MZ and DZ samples Eysenck Personality Inventory;35
7.4;Sociability/Impulsivity Scale;36
7.5;16PF Questionnaire;38
7.6;Foulds Hostility Scale;41
7.7;The influence of age and separation;43
7.8;Discussion and conclusions;57
7.9;References;59
8;CHAPTER 3. SOME ASPECTS OF COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN TWINS;61
8.1;Introduction;61
8.2;Divergent thinking;64
8.3;Description of tests;66
8.4;Analysis of divergent thinking measures;68
8.5;Comparison of MZ and DZ twins;71
8.6;Summary and discussion;77
8.7;Conceptual thinking;80
8.8;Description of tests;81
8.9;Comparison of MZ and DZ twins;82
8.10;Relationships between divergent and conceptual thinking;83
8.11;Personality and cognitive function;87
8.12;Summary and conclusions;92
8.13;References;93
9;CHAPTER 4. PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASURES IN TWINS;96
9.1;Introduction;96
9.2;A selective review of the literature;97
9.3;Cardiovascular measures;97
9.4;Electrodermal measures;99
9.5;EEG measures;99
9.6;Other measures;100
9.7;Discussion;100
9.8;The present study;101
9.9;Techniques of measurement;104
9.10;Data reduction;107
9.11;Results;111
9.12;Further considerations;119
9.13;General conclusions;122
9.14;References;123
10;CHAPTER 5. SEDATIVE DRUG TOLERANCE IN TWINS;126
10.1;Introduction;126
10.2;Selection of subjects;129
10.3;Sedation threshold procedure;130
10.4;Comparison of MZ and DZ twins;131
10.5;Personality correlates of sedation threshold;136
10.6;Discussion and conclusions;139
10.7;References;141
11;CHAPTER 6. A NERVOUS TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF PERSONALITY VARIATION IN NORMAL TWINS;143
11.1;A model of personality;143
11.2;Testing the model;148
11.3;Nervous typological analysis;151
11.4;MZ/DZ comparisons;156
11.5;Discussion and conclusions;157
11.6;References;159
12;CHAPTER 7. AN IDIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SOME DISCORDANT MZ TWIN PAIRS;160
12.1;Introduction;160
12.2;Selection of discordant pairs;161
12.3;Description of four discordant pairs;163
12.4;General conclusions;167
12.5;References;168
13;CHAPTER 8. FINAL REMARKS;169
13.1;References;172
14;APPENDIX 1: DETAILS OF PHYSICAL RESEMBLANCE QUESTIONNAIRE;174
15;APPENDIX 2: DETAILS OF OTHER DATA OBTAINED ON THE TWIN SAMPLE;178
16;AUTHOR INDEX;180
17;SUBJECT INDEX;184