Hominoid Personality Questionnaire

Personality rating instrument for non-human primates

The Hominoid Personality Questionnaire (also: HPQ) is a personality rating instrument used for non-human primates. It is an extended version of the Orangutan Personality Questionnaire, which was an extended version of King and Figueredo's[1] Chimpanzee Personality Questionnaire. The HPQ has been used to assess personality in non-human primate species (e.g. chimpanzees, orangutans, rhesus macaques).

The HPQ contains 54 adjectives followed by a description. Forty-one items were taken from the 75 items of Goldberg's[2] "Big Five". Examples include Dominant, Sympathetic, Helpful, Sensitive, Submissive, Dependent, Independent, Fearful, Decisive, Timid, Cautious, Intelligent, Persistent.

References

  1. ^ King, James E.; Figueredo, Aurelio José (June 1997). "The Five-Factor Model plus Dominance in Chimpanzee Personality". Journal of Research in Personality. 31 (2): 257–271. doi:10.1006/jrpe.1997.2179.
  2. ^ Goldberg, Lewis R. (1990). "An alternative "description of personality": The Big-Five factor structure" (PDF). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 59 (6): 1216–1229. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.59.6.1216. PMID 2283588. Retrieved 2 March 2019.

Additional reading

  • Dutton, D (2008). "Subjective assessment of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) personality: reliability and stability of trait ratings". Primates; Journal of Primatology. 49 (4): 253–259. doi:10.1007/s10329-008-0094-1. PMID 18668303. S2CID 2039046.
  • Freeman, H.; Gosling, S. (2010). "Personality in nonhuman primates: a review and evaluation of past research". American Journal of Primatology. 72 (8): 653–671. doi:10.1002/ajp.20833. PMID 20568079. S2CID 37143571.
  • 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. doi:10.1111/1467-8721.00017. S2CID 145716504.
  • 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. doi:10.1002/ajp.20310. PMID 17044009. S2CID 44805070.
  • 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. doi:10.1002/ajp.20649. PMID 19199350. S2CID 9207436.
  • Weiss, A.; King, J. E.; Perkins, L. (2006). "Personality and subjective well-being in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo abelii)". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 90 (3): 501–511. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.90.3.501. PMID 16594834.
  • 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. doi:10.1002/ajp.20428. PMC 2654334. PMID 17397036.


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