Exam 6: Temperament

During infancy and toddlerhood, which behaviors reflect a child's temperament?

A unique feature of Cloninger's model is that temperamental constructs were directly related to what?

In the temperament models of Hippocrates and Galen, which characterizes a person who is angry and irritable with a predominance of yellow bile?

Which condition is characterized by fearlessness and other forms of negative emotionality, such as anger?

The area of the brain that relates to emotion and processing of fear is the amygdala.

In the temperament models of Hippocrates and Galen, which characterizes a person who is cheerful, good natured, and spirited with a predominance of blood?

Social workers are powerless to improve the behavioral functioning of clients with temperamental deficits because temperament is mostly heritable.

Sociological criminologists have historically used temperament as a basis to study delinquency.

Which researchers rediscovered temperament in the 1960s and produced the finding that temperamental features interact with parenting and home environment to produce a goodness of fit?

Which is not a feature of most conceptual models of temperament?

Clinical social workers often provide services to children with behavioral disorders such as oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder. These conditions best match which of Thomas and Chess's typology?

Although social work professionals likely do not use the four humors model to characterize the temperament of their clients, there are clear parallels to the problems that clients present. For instance, the profile of a choleric broadly reflects which temperamental feature?

The influence of temperament can be seen in which life stages?

Temperament is largely considered the biological forerunner of personality.

What are some linkages between temperament, psychiatric conditions, and behavior that are consistent with clinical social work patients? Give examples.

What are the differences between high- and low-reactive children, and what is their relevance for social work practice?

Which is not a component of Rothbart's temperamental model?

In Jerome Kagan's work, there are few long-term differences between high-reactive and low-reactive children.

In the temperament models of Hippocrates and Galen, which characterizes a person who is slow to arousal with a predominance of phlegm?

In Goldsmith's research, which had an heritability of 0%?