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| Neuroticism: Neuroticism in psychology is a personality trait characterized by emotional instability, anxiety, moodiness, worry, and sadness. Individuals high in neuroticism are more likely to experience feelings of anger, guilt, envy, and depression. They often respond poorly to stress and are prone to interpreting ordinary situations as threatening, which can affect their personal and professional relationships. See also Personality trais, Openness, Agreeablenss, Extraversion, Conscientiousness, Depression, Anxiety._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Biological Theories on Neuroticism - Dictionary of Arguments
Corr I 192 Neuroticism/Biological Theories: Neuroticism seems to correspond well to the biological system governing withdrawal behaviour, anxiety and the detection of threat (e.g., Gray 1987(1); Watson, Wiese, Vaidya and Tellegen 1999(2); but see Smillie, Pickering and Jackson 2006(3), for an updated treatment of Gray’s theory (VsGray)). >Personality traits, >Fear, >Anxiety. 1. Gray, J. A. 1987. The psychobiology of fear and stress. Cambridge University Press 2. Watson, D., Wiese, D., Vaidya, J. and Tellegen, A. 1999. The two general activation systems of affect: structural findings, evolutionary considerations, and psychobiological evidence, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 76: 820–38 3. Smillie, L. D., Pickering, A. D. and Jackson, C. J. 2006. The new reinforcement sensitivity theory: implications for personality measurement, Personality and Social Psychology Review 10: 320–35 M. Brent Donnellan and Richard W. Robins, “The development of personality across the lifespan”, in: Corr, Ph. J. & Matthews, G. (eds.) 2009. The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Biological Theories Corr I Philip J. Corr Gerald Matthews The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology New York 2009 Corr II Philip J. Corr (Ed.) Personality and Individual Differences - Revisiting the classical studies Singapore, Washington DC, Melbourne 2018 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28