You have decided to engage in a debate with several famous personality psychologists about the stability of personality traits. One of them makes the following statement: "Behaviors are not as consistent as you might think
The situation in which you find yourself often determines the way you act." This point is most likely to have been made by:
a) Paul Costa.
b) Hermann Rorschach.
c) Walter Mischel.
d) Carl Rogers.
ANS: C, Mischel challenged the assumption that behavior is the result of enduring personality characteristics.
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A. second and third B. third and fourth C. fourth and fifth D. fifth and sixth
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a. comprehension b. beneficence c. justice d. non-maleficence
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