One shortcoming of traditional theories of personality is that they assume that


behavior is consistent across all situations

Psychology

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You read about a scientist developing a device that replicates the functions of the autonomic nervous system. This device must be

A. controlling reflexive movements. B. controlling skeletal muscles. C. transmitting sensory input to the CNS. D. controlling organs and glands.

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Research has found that ______ mothers have a ______ risk for having children with autism.

a. younger; lower b. younger and older; lower c. younger; higher d. younger and older; higher

Psychology

One of the factors associated with compliance is authority. This is because we ________

A) want to be correct, and one way to do so is to emulate the behaviors of others whom we see as similar to ourselves in some way B) are more willing to comply with requests that result in behaviors we see as consistent with positions we have made a commitment to C) are more willing to comply with requests from those who hold or appear to hold legitimate authority over us D) are more willing to comply with requests that call attention to scarcity than to those that do not E) are more willing to comply with requests from friends or from those we like than with requests from strangers or people we dislike

Psychology

Cross-cultural research has shown greater conformity to group norms in individualist cultures than in collectivist cultures

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Psychology