M3 Week 11: Costa

Question 1

was born September 16, 1942, in Franklin, New Hampshire.

Answer 1

Paul T. Costa, Jr.

Question 2

He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology at Clark University in 1964 and both his master’s and PhD in human development from the University of Chicago.

Answer 2

Paul T. Costa, Jr.

Question 3

While at the University of Chicago, he worked with ________with whom he published a book on humanistic personality theory.

Answer 3

Salvatore Maddi

Question 4

TRUE or FALSE
After receiving his PhD, he taught for 2 years at Harvard and then at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.

Answer 4

TRUE

Question 5

In 1978, he began working at the ____________, becoming the chief of the section on Stress and Coping. Then in 1985, chief of the Laboratory of Personality & cognition.

Answer 5

National Institute of Aging’s Gerontology Research Center

Question 6

He became president of __________ of the American Psychological Association.

Answer 6

Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging)

Question 7

The collaboration between Costa and McCrae has been unusually fruitful, with well over ______ co-authored research articles and chapters, and several books.

Answer 7

200