Which of the following topics is a personality psychologist MOST likely to study?
a. The development of schizophrenia
b. Gender differences in the acquisition of language skills
c. Individual differences in leadership ability
d. Cross-cultural differences in mating and courtship behaviors
C
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Imagine that you have a roommate who is a slob and you would like to change this behavior. From your knowledge of conditioning principles, how would you encourage and reinforce behavior?
What will be an ideal response?
In operant conditioning terms, a negative consequence
a. reinforces an action. b. punishes an action. c. occurs when something is removed. d. occurs when something is added.
Since she has what Costa and McCrae would classify as a "highly extroverted" personality, you would expect that Samantha would be described by others as
a. "a psychopath." b. "nice as you could imagine.". c. "lazy and disorganized.". d. "loving the spotlight.".
Young people’s vocational aspirations correlate strongly with their __________
A) parents’ jobs B) childhood dreams C) ethnic identity D) friends’ aspirations