Which statement best describes Allport's attitude toward biological influences on personality?
A) Will power is so important that biology plays no part in personality.
B) Biological influences determine most of personality.
C) Biological influences, along with psychological influences, are important determinants of personality.
D) Biological influences explain mental illness, but not variations in normal personality.
Answer: C
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a. when mothers are able to read, they typically have healthier children, who are also better educated. b. the literacy rate for women is uniformly low in all these countries. c. the wealthiest countries in the world have donated so much money that any gender difference in literacy should be eliminated by 2015. d. about 55% of the world's illiterate adults are female.
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c. Rapists usually rape women they do not know. d. Rape has more to do with power, aggression, and violence than with sex.
Which of the following individuals would have an erroneously high BMI value?
A. a bodybuilder B. a type-I, or insulin dependent, diabetic C. someone suffering from high blood pressure D. a competitive food eater
We all strive to develop ourselves to the best of our abilities and to achieve self-actualization according to ____
a. evolutionary biologists c. humanistic psychologists b. behaviorists d. feminist theorists