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Why are humans fascinated by personality differences?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Mechanisms linking personality and health include all of the following EXCEPT
 
  A) contracting contagious diseases due to difficult personalities.
  B) underlying third variables that affect both personality and health.
  C) personal responses to disease.
  D) unhealthy habits and behaviors.
  E) personality directly affecting physiology.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
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Answer: Evolutionary psychologists argue that humans are fascinated by personality differences because individual differences helped humans take on different roles to survive and reproduce in their huntergatherer groups. Extraversion tells us who is more likely to take on a leadership role, agreeableness lets us know who will cooperate, and conscientiousness indicates who will work hard.

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