Author Question: The text notes that Professor Jennifer Mather tested 44 octopuses systematically for their responses ... (Read 35 times)

casperchen82 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

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.

Question 2

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