M3 Week 12: McCrae

Question 1

was born on April 28, 1949, in Maryville, Missouri

Answer 1

Robert Roger McCrae

Question 2

He studied philosophy at Michigan State University.

Answer 2

Robert Roger McCrae

Question 3

He entered graduate school at Boston University with a major in Psychology.

Answer 3

Robert Roger McCrae

Question 4

McCrae found himself intrigued by the psychometric work of ________.

Answer 4

Raymond Cattell

Question 5

During his PhD program, he was sent by his advisor to work as a research assistant with __________

Answer 5

James Fozard

Question 6

Fozard referred McCrae to another Boston-based personality psychologist _________, who was on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts at Boston.

Answer 6

Paul T. Costa Jr.

Question 7

After McCrae completed his PhD in 1976, _______ hired him as project director and co-principal investigator for his Smoking and Personality Grant.

Answer 7

Costa

Question 8

McCrae and Costa were both hired by the ___________ housed in Baltimore. Costa was the chief of the section on stress and coping, whereas McCrae took the position of senior staff fellow.

Answer 8

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Question 9

TRUE or FALSE
McCrae and Costa conducted work on traits that ensured them a prominent role in the 40-year history of analyzing the structure of personality.

Answer 9

TRUE