Exam 2: Ancient and Contemporary Compositional Theories of Personality

Cloninger's model of personality suggested that personality traits are based on levels of three neurotransmitters. These are all of the below except

Sensation seeking is

When Galen updated his four humors to the four temperaments, which of these was NOT included?

Among sociobiologists, the Leash Principle means

Researchers can directly measure changes in one's body with a weak electrical current, and measuring changes in conductance when is activated.

Which of the following is an example of compositional theory?

Someone whose personality is described as aloof, apathetic, and cold is demonstrating which temperament?

Hebb and Edelman subscribed to the theory of person as neuronal circuits, while Wilson subscribed to

We can reasonably conclude that a dog has a personality, and an amoeba

Hebb called the neurons that work together a cell assembly, but Edelman updated this concept to follow natural selection and renamed them

According to Hebb, a group of neurons that develop into a functioning unit through repeated stimulation is referred to as what?

A sociobiologist focuses primarily on

Wilson believed that our body's primary function is to do what?

Which of these has nothing to do with Edward Wilson?

Which of these did Wilson NOT use in composing his sociobiology theory of personality?

According to Galen, a humor is which of the following?

Where social psychologists study how people process social situations, sociobiologists focus on

According to sociobiologists, what is the purpose for the existence of man?

Which of these terms did sociobiologists use to describe how genes set the boundaries for culture?

Practicing spiking a volleyball directly to the inside of the side-line makes you more likely to get a good hit in a game because