Support for a biological contribution to personality can be found in brain research which suggests that introversion is associated with activation in the ______ of the brain.
A. thalamus
B. amygdala
C. hypothalamus
D. pituitary gland
Answer: B. amygdala
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Elizabeth is interested in the best way to study achievement among middle-school children, and she is also interested in the factors that underlie student motivation. Elizabeth would MOST likely describe her research interests as
a. cognitive psychology. b. psychometrics. c. educational psychology. d. developmental psychology.
What do geneticists call the underlying combination of genetic material present (but not outwardly visible) in an organism?
A. a genotype B. a phenotype C. a dominance pattern D. a recessive absence
Among the following personality theorists, whose theory has been influenced by genetic factors?
a. Cattell c. Buss and Plomin b. Eysenck d. All of these are correct.
A limitation of the trait theory is that
a. it is descriptive rather than explanatory. c. both a & b. b. it is not scientifically based. d. none of these.