Personality and the Brain

The Brain Stem Controls....

• Motor skills and vision

• breathing, heart rate, blood pressure

• walking and talking

• muscles and tendons

Where is the cerebellum located ?

• side of the brain

• top of the brain

• bottom of the brain

• front of the brain

What lobe is responsible for interpreting sensory information?

• Frontal

• Temporal

• Parietal

• Occipital

What are the 5 big personality traits?

• Personality, Agile, Caring, Incapable, Fun, Ingenious, Crisp

• Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism

• Original, Caring, Extravagant, Awesome, New

• Prime, Arrogant, Crisp,Indifferent, Fantastic, Incognito, Crazy

What is an extrovert?

• Someone who likes being to themselves

• Someone who cares for other people and enjoys being around them

• Someone who is neutral when it comes to people

• There is no such thing as an extrovert

Approximately what percentage of your personality is hereditary?

• 20-60%

• 10-30%

• 5-10%

• 20-30%

What theory suggests that our personalities are made up different broad traits?

• Jean Piaget's Theory of Personal Development

• Bloom's Toxonomy

• Trait Theory

• Pluton's Theory of Personality Traits

What are the three main influences on your personality?

• People, places and things

• heredity, environment and situations

• Friends, family, and government

An introverted person can be described as

• Cares for others and enjoys being around them consistently

• Someone who is good at public speaking

• Someone who is more in tune with their own personal feelings and thoughts rather than others

• Someone who is terrified of heights

What are personality traits ?

• Traits that uncover your true self

• Traits that are only existent in mammals

• Traits that are developed as an adolescent

• Traits that make up an individual's personality