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“Past, Present, and Promise” is the first volume in the twenty-six volume set. The video begins by introducing the series and going over basic definitions such as the definition of psychology. The video continues on by giving an example of a disorder ....

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.... break out into laughter or smile embarrassingly. Why did they act this way? The video states that two factors affect personality: dispositional and situational. Dispositional factors are those that are a part of us and internal such as genetics, attitude, and personality. Situational factors are those that come from the environment such as sensory stimulation, rewards, and punishments. Emanuel Donchin studies the effects of situational factors on the brain’s activity. Donchin showed a list of names to various individuals and recorded their brain signals. The list consisted of all men’s names, but ocassionally a woman’s name was ....