Suppose that researchers collect data on the characteristics of altruism and dominance for a group of adolescents on a wilderness travel program. When they analyze the data, what are they likely to conclude concerning these personality characteristics?
a) The setting was conducive to only one of the traits studied.
b) By adding behaviors separately for each trait, there was evidence of consistency.
c) Adolescence is not a time when we expect to find consistency in behavior or personality.
d) The two traits rarely occur together in the same person because one trait tends to obscure evidence of the other.
B
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