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Question 1

Who is likely to salivate the most in response to the "lemon juice test"?
◦ Horace, who is very introverted
◦ Tatiana, who is quite extraverted
◦ Roxie, who is very agreeable
◦ Dominic, who scores high in neuroticism

Question 2

Why is the unusual case of Phineas Gage instructive for understanding the relationship between personality and the brain?
◦ Gage was born without a frontal lobe and, correspondingly, lacked any sense of conscientiousness.
◦ It was the first demonstration of how an alteration in personality could lead to deterioration of brain tissue.
◦ Gage agreed to a full-scale examination of his brain structures, which identified the brain areas associated with each of the Big Five personality traits.
◦ It presented a rare opportunity to see how radical changes to the physical brain affect observable personality characteristics.


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rosent76

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