All of the following "Big Five" major clusters of personality traits/characteristics decline somewhat from early adulthood through middle adulthood EXCEPT
a) neuroticism.
b) agreeableness.
c) extroversion.
d) openness.
Answer: b. agreeableness.
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a. valid. b. reliable. c. projective. d. objective.
Historically, psychiatric terms have been abused by being applied to culturally disapproved behaviors that were not really disorders. Three of the following are not considered disorders today. Which of the following is still considered to be a recognized disorder?
a. childhood masturbation b. homosexuality c. paraphilias d. nymphomania
Which of the following is NOT a drawback of longitudinal studies?
a) researchers always have a biased sample b) they are time consuming c) they are expensive d) participants may drop out over time
The psychological term for anticipating stressful events and taking advance steps to avoid them or minimize their impact is ______
a. defensive coping c. reactive intervention b. avoidance training d. proactive coping