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Thursday, February 15, 2018

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The Hominoid Personality Questionnaire (also: HPQ) is a personality rating instrument used for non-human primates.


Video Hominoid Personality Questionnaire



Research

The HPQ was developed by King and Figueredo to assess personality in non-human primate species (e.g. chimpanzees, orangutans, rhesus macaques).


Maps Hominoid Personality Questionnaire



Format

The HPQ contains 54 adjectives followed by a description, 41 items were taken from the 75 items of Goldberg's Big Five. Examples include Dominant, Sympathetic, Helpful, Sensitive, Submissive, Dependent, Independent, Fearful, Decisive, Timid, Cautious. Intelligent, Persistent.


Wild chimpanzees have remarkably stable personality traits
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References

  • Dutton, D. (2008). Subjective assessment of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) personality: reliability and stability of trait ratings. Primates; Journal of Primatology, 49(4), 253-259.
  • Freeman, H., & Gosling, S. (2010). Personality in nonhuman primates: a review and evaluation of past research. American Journal of Primatology, 72(8), 653-671.
  • Gosling, S. D., & John, O. P. (1999). Personality Dimensions in Nonhuman Animals: A Cross-Species Review. Current Directions In Psychological Science, 8(3), 69-75.
  • King, J. E., Murray, L., & Weiss, A. D. (2011). Personality and temperament in nonhuman primates. New York : Springer, c2011.
  • Santillán-Doherty, A., Muñóz-Delgado, J., Arenas, R., Márquez, A., & Cortés, J. (2006). Reliability of a method to measure novelty-seeking in nonhuman primates. American Journal of Primatology, 68(11), 1098-1113.
  • Weiss, A., Inoue-Murayama, M., Hong, K., Inoue, E., Udono, T., Ochiai, T., & ... King, J. (2009). Assessing chimpanzee personality and subjective well-being in Japan. American Journal of Primatology, 71(4), 283-292.
  • Weiss, A., King, J. E., & Perkins, L. (2006). Personality and subjective well-being in orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo abelii). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 501-511.
  • Weiss, A., King, J., & Hopkins, W. (2007). A cross-setting study of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) personality structure and development: zoological parks and Yerkes National Primate Research Center. American Journal of Primatology, 69(11), 1264-1277.

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