Informally, we tend to place people into categories, such as the "executive type," the "athletic type," and the "motherly type.". If you tried to define these informal types, you would probably
a. evaluate them on their character.
b. use cardinal traits to describe them.
c. describe their temperaments.
d. list a different collection of traits for each category.
D
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A. uniformly disliked by peers B. liked by parents but disliked by peers C. liked by some peers and disliked by others D. neither liked nor disliked by a peer group
When Amanda describes her romantic partner, she says, "the only thing that we have going for us is raw sexual attraction.". Sternberg would argue that this relationship is based solely on
a. passion. b. intimacy. c. aptitude. d. decision/commitment.
In the United States, the median age of marriage has been declining for the past few decades
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A woman experiences high levels of nervousness right before she is to speak in front of a large audience. She decides she can't go through with the speech. She later tells her husband she could not speak because she was anxious. If her husband were B. F. Skinner, how might he respond?
A. "Your feelings of anxiety indeed caused you to not speak because they acted like a punishment." B. "The anxiety is unrelated to the change in your behavior." C. "The change in your behavior and your feelings of anxiety probably have the same aversive contingencies as a common cause." D. "Anxious feelings do not exist because we cannot observe them."