Chapter 7
What aspects of behavior does self-monitoring help to explain? Describe the construct and identify interesting correlates of both high self- monitoring and low self-monitoring. Are there connections between self- monitoring and the Big Five domains?
How has research with the California Q-Set helped to identify personality correlates of delay of gratification, drug abuse, and depression? Briefly describe the Q-sort procedure and explain how such studies have been conducted. What gender differences have been found and how are these usually interpreted?
How were the Big Five discovered? Define and describe each of the Big Five trait domains. What essential questions about strangers do these dimensions address?
Chapter 8
Explain why it is so difficult to study links between personality and the brain. What methods have been proposed and what are the difficulties associated with each of these methods?
How did researchers first learn about the functions of the frontal lobes? What are those functions? Describe the consequences of severe frontal lobe dam- age. What does this tell us about personality?
Describe the functions of neurotransmitters. How do they seem to work in the body? Pick two neurotransmitters and describe why each is relevant to understanding personality.
Chapter 9
What is the heritability coefficient? Explain how it is calculated and what information heritability statistics provide to researchers.
What are some of the main objections to evolutionary theory as it is applied to psychology? How do evolutionary psychologists respond to these criticisms?
These are essay questions for an exam the textbook is The Personality Puzzle 6th edition 2012, written by D. Funder. There can not be any direct quotes, all answere must be in your own words. use the book and chapters 7,8,9 for reference only.
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