Compare the person-situation debate to the nature-nurture debate.
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- Both the person-situation and the nature-nurture debates relate to the consideration of how personality develops and the effects it has.
- The person-situation debate focuses on whether stable personality traits predict behavior or whether personality does not really exist and situational forces are more important in predicting action.
- The nature-nurture debate grapples with whether genetics or a person's environment cause specific personality traits to emerge.
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a. ?direct experience; affective b. ?perceived control; behavioral c. ?affective; behavioral d. ?affective; emotional
The TAT, a projective personality test, asks subjects to ____
a. respond to inkblots b. complete sentences c. make up stories about pictures d. answer direct questions about specific situations
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What type of cognitive distortion was involved here? a) minimization b) magnification c) selective abstraction d) arbitrary inference
_____ specifically refers to the idea that working toward psychological health requires self-understanding
a) Systematic desensitization b) Psychotherapy c) Rational emotive behavior therapy d) Insight therapy