Research on the general stability of the five factors of personality over the lifespan indicates all of the following except:
A) ?agreeableness tends to increase throughout adulthood.
B) ?social dominance, emotional stability and conscientiousness increase during early adulthood.
C) ?personality changes most dramatically in adolescence and is largely set by the age of 30
D) ?aspects of adult personality can change into one's 70s.
C
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a. Separate sample pretest, posttest b. Posttest only control group c. Pretest, posttest control group d. Solomon four-group
According to your text, although there were isolated episodes of inhalant abuse prior to the turn of the last century, it
a. gradually evolved into a phenomenon that involved inhaling the fumes of toluene exclusively. b. became more popular in the 1900s when industrial solvents became available for abuse. c. tended to be ignored by the mainstream media until the late 1990s. d. has not continued to be a social problem since other drugs are available to people who would have formerly abused solvents alone.
Which statement most closely reflects the philosophy of feminist therapy?
a. Feminist therapy depicts an accurate assessment of the psychosexual stages of development. b. Androcentricism, gendercentricism, and ethnocentricism are important bias-free concepts of feminist therapy. c. Constructs of feminist therapy include being gender-fair, flexible, interactionist, and life-span oriented. d. Feminist therapy encourages the use of the DSM to assess psychopathology.
An approach to working with nicotine addiction that teaches coping skills, such as reframing and thought stopping, is known as _________________
a. telephone counseling b. rapid smoking c. skills training d. physical training