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Personality and the Brain

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Brain Stem Controls....

a)

Motor skills and vision

b)

breathing, heart rate, blood pressure

c)

walking and talking

d)

muscles and tendons

2.

Where is the cerebellum located ?

a)

side of the brain

b)

top of the brain

c)

bottom of the brain

d)

front of the brain

3.

What lobe is responsible for interpreting sensory information?

a)

Frontal

b)

Temporal

c)

Parietal

d)

Occipital

4.

What are the 5 big personality traits?

a)

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

b)

Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism

c)

Original, Caring, Extravagant, Awesome, New

d)

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

5.

What is an extrovert?

a)

Someone who likes being to themselves

b)

Someone who cares for other people and enjoys being around them

c)

Someone who is neutral when it comes to people

d)

There is no such thing as an extrovert

6.

Approximately what percentage of your personality is hereditary?

a)

20-60%

b)

10-30%

c)

5-10%

d)

20-30%

7.

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

a)

Jean Piaget's Theory of Personal Development

b)

Bloom's Toxonomy

c)

Trait Theory

d)

Pluton's Theory of Personality Traits

8.

What are the three main influences on your personality?

a)

People, places and things

b)

heredity, environment and situations

c)

Friends, family, and government

9.

An introverted person can be described as

a)

Cares for others and enjoys being around them consistently

b)

Someone who is good at public speaking

c)

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

d)

Someone who is terrified of heights

10.

What are personality traits ?

a)

Traits that uncover your true self

b)

Traits that are only existent in mammals

c)

Traits that are developed as an adolescent

d)

Traits that make up an individual's personality

11.

There are 5 theories when it comes to personality development, which one is NOT a part of the 5?

a)

Openness

b)

Revolution

c)

Conscientiousness

d)

Neuroticism

12.

This theory states that "long lost " twins can end up having similar personality traits based on...

a)

Environment

b)

Genetics

c)

Situations

d)

Parental Connections

13.

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 .

a)

Frontal Lobe

b)

Parietal Lobe

c)

Occipital Lobe

d)

Cerebellum

14.

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?

a)

Occipital Lobe

b)

Brain Stem

c)

Parietal Lobe

d)

Frontal Lobe

15.

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?

a)

Brain Stem

b)

Cerebrum

c)

Cerebellum

d)

Frontal Lobe

16.

The brain lobe that helps control your thinking, organizing, etc.

a)

Occipital

b)

Frontal

c)

Parietal

d)

Temporal

17.

What principle of personality development states that people can become more emotionally stable, , outgoing and responsible as they grow older?

a)

Adolescent Principle

b)

Maturity Principle

c)

Adulthood Principle

d)

Rock Star Principle

18.

"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..."

a)

Extrovert

b)

Introvert

c)

Neutral

d)

Both

19.

"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."

a)

Occipital Lobe

b)

Frontal Lobe

c)

Parietal Lobe

d)

Temporal Lobe

20.

"My dad says I get my attitude from my mom, but my looks from him. I guess this means most traits of mine are..."

a)

Environmental

b)

Hereditary

c)

Lucky

d)

Irrelevent