Biology

Question 1

Mind-Body Problem

Answer 1

A philosophical issue in the study of personality. Concerns the understanding of human nature as processes of the physical body

Question 2

Amygdala’s Role

Answer 2

Generates emotional responses based on threat or reward assessment.

Question 3

Frontal Lobes

Answer 3

Basis of language, foresight, self-understanding, and emotion regulation (can tell by psychosurgeries)

Question 4

Neurotransmitters

Answer 4

Epinephrine and norepinephrine-fight or flight
Dopamine-extraversion
Serotonin-regulating emotions
Testosterone-aggression/dominance
Cortisol-fight or flight
Oxytocin-sexual response and lowering anxiety

Question 5

Plasticity and stability

Answer 5

plasticity subsumes extraversion and openness (dopamine)
Stability subsumes neuroticism (reversed) agreeableness, and conscientiousness (serotonin)

Question 6

Kretschmer and Shelton

Answer 6

Body types reflect personality

Question 7

Lombrosa

Answer 7

Some people are born criminals and can tell by skull shape and facial structure

Question 8

Phrenology

Answer 8

Personality is located in the brain

Question 9

Physiognomy

Answer 9

Facial structure and features represent personality

Question 10

Candidate gene approach

Answer 10

Explores the prevalence of specific genes in a population high or low on a particular trait

Question 11

Genome wide associations

Answer 11

Relationships between SNPSs and phenotypic traits in large samples