Neuroticism __________ from the teenage years through middle age
A) increases slightly
B) decreases slightly
C) declines
D) rises
C
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In a survey of entering college freshmen, which of the following life objectives was more important to women than to men?
a. Helping others who are in difficulty b. Keeping up to date with political affairs c. Having administrative responsibilities d. Writing original works
To investigate the role of genetic factors in personality, researchers administered the MMPI to pairs of identical twins who had been reared apart and pairs of nonidentical twins who had been reared together. Imagine that these researchers found that the identical twins reared apart were more similar on a given trait than the nonidentical twins reared together. This would be evidence that:
a. genetics has a larger influence than the environment on the expression of that particular trait b. the environment has a larger influence than genetics on the expression of that particular trait c. genetics and the environment are equally influential on the expression of that particular trait d. neither genetics nor the environment influences the expression of that particular trait
Ryan cannot recall a list of words that was read to him sixty minutes ago. Even when he is given multiple choices to choose from or clues about each word, he cannot recall the words. Most likely, Ryan's memory problem is caused by damage to what brain area?
A. Corpus callosum B. Reticular formation C. Broca's area D. Hippocampus
The overjustification effect is defined as when __________ rewards
dampen __________ motivation. Fill in the blanks with correct word