Biological Basis of Personality II-Ch9

Question 1

Which of these is NOT a personality trait that Gosling found to be a consistently reliable rating for hyenas?

Accepted Answer

Neuroticism

Question 2

what is reciprocal altruism?

Accepted Answer

helping behaviour that is conditional on the recipient helping in return, acts that are exchanged between people to aid in their continued survival

Question 3

BUSS uses the FIVE-FACTOR model of personality to understand the applicability of eveolution theory to personality

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Gosling identified FIVE main ways that animal personality researchers rate animals.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Crawford (1938) studied the personality and eating behaviour of:

Accepted Answer

chimpanzees

Question 6

Which two methods does Gosling describe for assessing the personality of animals?

Accepted Answer

Coding and trait rating.

Question 7

within evolutionary psychology it is argued men and women have differing sexual strategies?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

According to evolutionary psychologists Martin Daly and Margo Wilson, men are interested in selecting partners that:

Accepted Answer

enhance the success of reproduction and continuation of that person's genes

Question 9

Which psychological game did Rands et al, use to explore individual differences through cooperation?

Accepted Answer

Prisoner's's dilemma

Question 10

Which theory did Rushton develop to explore the role of life history in personality development?

Accepted Answer

Differential K theory.

Question 11

Which important concept in evolutionary psychology has been developed by E.O. Wilson?

Accepted Answer

Life-history.

Question 12

Problems with animal personality studies focus on reliability of measurement & the issue of anthropomorphic projections

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

The roots of eveolutionary psychology lie in the basics of evolution theory and classical theory of natural selection.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Evolutionary psychology is an approach that bridges the gap between biology and personality.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

There are FOUR aspects that allow us to understand modifications a species might make

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Which researcher introduced the academic study of how evolutionary psychology & the concept of adaptation?

Accepted Answer

Buss

Question 17

What are the 2 ways that Gosling suggests as ways of establishing inter-rater reliability in animal personality studies?

Accepted Answer

Inter-observer agreement and within-subject reliability.

Question 18

Evolutionary concepts such as life history and perental investment are related to personality.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Darwin's theory contained four crucial ideas. Which one is NOT one of Darwin's ideas?

Accepted Answer

personality

Question 20

Which of these was NOT a technique that Mather and Anderson used to assess the personalities of octopuses?

Accepted Answer

Placing a mirror in the tank.

Questions 20