One-year-old Celeste is hyperactive and sleeps fitfully, whereas her twin sister, Jeanne, is calm and placid. In the context of biological and evolutionary approaches to personality, these differences between Celeste and Jeanne illustrate the concept of
A. self-esteem.
B. temperament.
C. sublimation.
D. displacement.
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
What did Brown and Harris find when they followed women over a one-year period to study the link between depression and stressful life events?
a. None of those who experienced a severe life event became depressed. b. Most of those who experienced a severe life event became depressed. c. Although life events and depression were related, most people who experienced such events did not become depressed. d. Although life events and depression were related, the results suggested that depression actually caused the life events.
The acquisition of metalinguisitc awareness tends to result in more difficulty in defining abstract terms
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A condition that exists when maturation has advanced enough to allow the rapid acquisition of a particular skill is known as
a. readiness. b. assimilation. c. habituation. d. enrichment.
In comparison to females in Western cultures, males in Western cultures are
a. more emotionally expressive as infants, but less expressive as adults. b. less emotionally expressive as infants, but more expressive as adults. c. less emotionally expressive from infancy through adulthood. d. more emotionally expressive from infancy through adulthood.