Which of the following assumptions underlies the trait approach to personality?
A. Each person belongs in one and only one personality category.
B. We can place a person somewhere along a continuum of behaviors.
C. People in one personality category are distinctly different from people in other categories.
D. Personality can change as a function of the situation the person is in.
B
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Managed care has influenced psychological assessment by showing a preference for tests that
a. aid in treatment planning by identifying problematic symptoms. b. are sensitive to changes or improvements in client functioning. c. are relatively brief. d. all of the above
According to research on friendship during middle childhood,
A) by age 8 or 9, children name only a handful of good friends. B) friendships are highly unstable over the elementary and middle school years. C) school-age children's friendships are less selective than those of preschoolers. D) friendships are largely based on engaging in similar activities.
Which of the following would be considered an implication of the neuroscience paradigm?
a) Using an antidepressant to inhibit the uptake of serotonin. b) Changing one's schema by identifying false cognitions. c) Studying gene-environment interactions to better understand how depression runs in families. d) Studying the heritability of schizophrenia.
The vestibular sense tells you whether you are physically upright without using your eyes
a. true b. false