With regard to the Big Five dimensions of personality, if someone is creative, artistic, nonconforming, and curious, that person would tend to score high on the _____ dimension.

In examining the five-factor model (or the Big Five), Paul Costa and Robert McCrae believed that these trait dimensions are not _____. In other words, knowing someone's score on one dimension would not give any information about scores on the four other dimensions.

According to numerous studies, the five personality factors of the five-factor model have _____ percent rate of heritability across several cultures.

Trait theories differ from other theories of personality development in that they

Temperament is based on

Three-year-old Gunther has an easy-going nature, which is believed to be inherited from his mother, allows him to adjust to change quickly and effortlessly. Gunther appears to have a well-established

Cameron was adopted at birth, so now he is interested in studying the effects of adoption on child development. More specifically, Cameron wants to know if individual traits can be attributed more to genetics or to environmental conditions. Cameron is interested in the study of

Based on research from a variety of sources, it seems that approximately _____ of variations in personality traits are caused by environmental influences.