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WorksheetsPersonality and the Brain
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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
There are 5 theories when it comes to personality development, which one is NOT a part of the 5?
Openness
Revolution
Conscientiousness
Neuroticism
This theory states that "long lost " twins can end up having similar personality traits based on...
Environment
Genetics
Situations
Parental Connections
You are on vacation with your friends, it is a perfect 75 degree day when all of a sudden the temperature change and it is not ridiculously hot, you know this because your (blank) has been stimulated .
Frontal Lobe
Parietal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
Cerebellum
As a baby, your brain is able to store images and details of your parents that help you pick them out of a crowd. This is due to the development of what part of your brain?
Occipital Lobe
Brain Stem
Parietal Lobe
Frontal Lobe
You have a huge test to study for, your teacher is trying to prepare you with reviews to engage your short term memory. What part of the brain is he trying to stimulate?
Brain Stem
Cerebrum
Cerebellum
Frontal Lobe
The brain lobe that helps control your thinking, organizing, etc.
Occipital
Frontal
Parietal
Temporal
What principle of personality development states that people can become more emotionally stable, , outgoing and responsible as they grow older?
Adolescent Principle
Maturity Principle
Adulthood Principle
Rock Star Principle
"Most of my friends enjoy spending time together outside of school, as for me, I only prefer hanging out at school, I rarely go out because I view myself as an..."
Extrovert
Introvert
Neutral
Both
"Sometimes I feel like I can remember everything, other times I remember hardly anything. I guess my (blank) lacks in the short term memory department."
Occipital Lobe
Frontal Lobe
Parietal Lobe
Temporal Lobe
"My dad says I get my attitude from my mom, but my looks from him. I guess this means most traits of mine are..."
Environmental
Hereditary
Lucky
Irrelevent
