Question 1

What brain region appears to be important for the abilities to plan ahead, to anticipate consequences, and to engage in moral reasoning?

Accepted Answer

A)  basal ganglia 
B)  amygdala 
C)  frontal lobes 
D)  hippocampus 
A)  basal ganglia 
B)  amygdala 
C)  frontal lobes 
D)  hippocampus

Question 2

What brain region seems to connect the two halves of the brain?

Accepted Answer

A)  ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) 
B)  frontal lobes 
C)  corpus callosum 
D)  hippocampus 
A)  ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) 
B)  frontal lobes 
C)  corpus callosum 
D)  hippocampus

Question 3

Before brain surgery, Elliott was a good father and held a responsible job. After removal of portions of his frontal lobe, what prediction about Elliott's personality is likely to come true?

Accepted Answer

A)  He will experience visual hallucinations. 
B)  He will experience auditory hallucinations. 
C)  His emotional reactions and decision-making abilities will be impaired. 
D)  He will be even more driven and focused on his work. 
A)  He will experience visual hallucinations. 
B)  He will experience auditory hallucinations. 
C)  His emotional reactions and decision-making abilities will be impaired. 
D)  He will be even more driven and focused on his work.

Question 4

The biggest bundle of interneurons in the body is the brain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is the best description of the role that testosterone plays in personality?

Accepted Answer

A)  It acts as a direct cause of frustration. 
B)  It acts as an energizing factor that accentuates existing behavioral tendencies. 
C)  It acts as a dampening factor that reduces existing behavioral tendencies. 
D)  It seems to directly influence levels of agreeableness in men but not in women. 
A)  It acts as a direct cause of frustration. 
B)  It acts as an energizing factor that accentuates existing behavioral tendencies. 
C)  It acts as a dampening factor that reduces existing behavioral tendencies. 
D)  It seems to directly influence levels of agreeableness in men but not in women.

What brain region appears to be important for the abilities to plan ahead, to anticipate consequences, and to engage in moral reasoning?

What brain region seems to connect the two halves of the brain?

Before brain surgery, Elliott was a good father and held a responsible job. After removal of portions of his frontal lobe, what prediction about Elliott's personality is likely to come true?

The biggest bundle of interneurons in the body is the brain.

What is the best description of the role that testosterone plays in personality?

The Study of the Person

Clues to Personality: the Basic Sources of Data

Personality Psychology As Science: Research Methods

Personality Traits, Situations, and Behavior

Personality Assessment I: Personality Testing and Its Consequences

Personality Assessment Ii: Personality Judgment in Daily Life

Using Personality Traits to Understand Behavior

The Inheritance of Personality: Behavioral Genetics and Evolutionary Theory

Basics of Psychoanalysis

The Workings of the Unconscious Mind: Defenses and Slips

Psychoanalysis After Freud: Neo-Freudians, Object Relations, and Current Research

Experience, Existence, and the Meaning of Life: Humanistic and Positive Psychology

Cultural Variation in Experience, Behavior, and Personality

Learning to Be a Person: Behaviorism and Social Learning Theories

Personality Processes: Perception, Thought, Motivation, and Emotion

What You Know About You: the Self

Disorders of Personality

Conclusion: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

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Exam 8: The Anatomy and Physiology of Personality

What brain region appears to be important for the abilities to plan ahead, to anticipate consequences, and to engage in moral reasoning?

What brain region seems to connect the two halves of the brain?

Before brain surgery, Elliott was a good father and held a responsible job. After removal of portions of his frontal lobe, what prediction about Elliott's personality is likely to come true?

The biggest bundle of interneurons in the body is the brain.

What is the best description of the role that testosterone plays in personality?

The Study of the Person

Clues to Personality: the Basic Sources of Data

Personality Psychology As Science: Research Methods

Personality Traits, Situations, and Behavior

Personality Assessment I: Personality Testing and Its Consequences

Personality Assessment Ii: Personality Judgment in Daily Life

Using Personality Traits to Understand Behavior

The Inheritance of Personality: Behavioral Genetics and Evolutionary Theory

Basics of Psychoanalysis

The Workings of the Unconscious Mind: Defenses and Slips

Psychoanalysis After Freud: Neo-Freudians, Object Relations, and Current Research

Experience, Existence, and the Meaning of Life: Humanistic and Positive Psychology

Cultural Variation in Experience, Behavior, and Personality

Learning to Be a Person: Behaviorism and Social Learning Theories

Personality Processes: Perception, Thought, Motivation, and Emotion

What You Know About You: the Self

Disorders of Personality

Conclusion: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

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