presentations

Question 1

Zuckerman’s five basic sensation seeking personality traits

Answer 1

impulsive sensation seeking, neuroticism-anxiety, aggression-hostility, activity, and sociabilty

Question 2

what are the two main areas of the brain associated with psychopathology?

Answer 2

amygdala and prefrontal cortex; amygdala asst with aversive conditioning and instrumental learning; prefrontal cortex asst with projections to amygdala

Question 3

descriptions of serial killer’s childhoods:

Answer 3

set fires, tortured animals, wet their beds “triad of symptoms”

Question 4

historical factors common in serial killers

Answer 4

abuse, trauma, insecure attachment, loss or abandonment, head injury, low arousal levels

Question 5

Eyesenck’s antisocial behavior hypothesis

Answer 5

high extraversion, high neuroticism, high psychoticism, low lie scale

Question 6

what role do genes play in eating disorders?

Answer 6

genetic predisposition and heritability of personality traits that put people at risk

Question 7

what characteristics are displayed in childhood of people who develop eating disorders?

Answer 7

anxiety and depression (H - neuroticism), perfectionism, people pleasing behaviors, obsessive traits, achievement oriented

Question 8

looking at pictures of food activates what?

Answer 8

the insula; ability to perceive a palatable taste is fundamentally altered after eating disorder

Question 9

which big five trait is most closely asst with creativity?

Answer 9

openness to experience

Question 10

creative artists may be low in what big five trait?

Answer 10

conscientiousness

Question 11

scientists are more (intro/extroverted) than nonscientists; creative scientists are more (intro/extroverted) than noncreative scientists

Answer 11

introverted; extroverted

Question 12

what big five trait had the least relationship with creativity?

Answer 12

agreeableness

Question 13

what big five trait had the least relationship with creativity?

Answer 13

agreeableness