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casperchen82

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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.

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People who differ in neuroticism show different volumes of areas of the prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, and hippocampus, areas that have been implicated in ____.
 
  a. planning and achievement of goals
  b. voluntary control of behavior
  c. sensitivity to threat and stress
  d. executive functions


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Andromeda18

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Gracias!

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