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Environment transaction ○ Person environment transaction: people respond to, seek out, and create environments ○ Active-person environment transaction ■ Going out determines who you attract ■ Consciously looking for people and settings to match you ○ Reactive person environment transaction ■ Different people react differently to the same situation ○ Evocative person environment ■ How someone’s behavior changes the situation they experience ● Adaptable ○ Cumulative continuity principle ■ Traits are stable and consistent throughout time Difference between cross sectional studies and longitudinal studies ○ Longitudinal — follow same people over a period of time ○ Cross sectional — follow different people over ONE point in time What factors do you think influence narratives? Practice question: a biogenetic model, developed by K.BLum is used to diagnose and treat impulsive, addictive, and compulsive behaviors. This type of behavior arises as a result of low levels of dopamine receptor, what biogenetic model does this describe? ○ ○

Reward deficiency syndrome ***!!! WILL BE ON THE EXAM...