Hominoid Personality Questionnaire Explained

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.

Additional reading

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• King, J. E., Murray, L., & Weiss, A. D. (2011). Personality and temperament in nonhuman primates. New York : Springer, c2011.
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• 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 . 10.1002/ajp.20428. 17397036 . 2654334 .

Notes and References

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