The text notes that Professor Jennifer Mather tested 44 octopuses systematically for their responses to stimuli such as being touched with a brush. What did she find?
a. ?Some responded “cheerfully,” others with “anger,” some went to sleep, and the last group appeared to have a nervous breakdown.
b. ?Most were identified as being agreeable and conscientious.
c. ?The octopuses seemed to have unique and stable responses, similar to having a “personality.”
d. ?The octopuses were categorizable along the continua of all five traits of the Big Five.
ANSWER:
c
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