Review Questions
The way a person reacts to the world, starting when they are very young, including the person’s activity level is known as ________.
- traits
- temperament
- heritability
- personality
Hint:
B
Brianna is 18 months old. She cries frequently, is hard to soothe, and wakes frequently during the night. According to Thomas and Chess, she would be considered ________.
- an easy baby
- a difficult baby
- a slow to warm up baby
- a colicky baby
Hint:
B
According to the findings of the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart, identical twins, whether raised together or apart have ________ personalities.
- slightly different
- very different
- slightly similar
- very similar
Hint:
D
Temperament refers to ________.
- inborn, genetically based personality differences
- characteristic ways of behaving
- conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, and extroversion
- degree of introversion-extroversion
Hint:
A