Cattell's childhood was characterized by:

a. excessive poverty.
b. neurotic parents.
c. competition with an older brother.
d. loneliness and lack of freedom.


ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Cattell felt highly competitive with an older brother and wrote of the problems of maintaining his own freedom of development while confronted with this brother who could not be overcome. His parents had high, exacting standards of behavior for their children but were also permissive about how the children spent their spare time.

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