The idea that both the consequences of behavior and an individual's beliefs about them
determine personality is at the heart of the __________ approach to personality.
a. psychodynamic
b. social cognitive
c. trait
d. humanistic
e. cognitive
b. social cognitive
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In a study by Passarotti et al. (2003), researchers showed children and adults one face for half a second, and then another face for half a second. Participants pressed buttons to indicate whether the faces were the same or different. Brain activation occurred in the same areas for adults and children __________.
A. but covered a larger area of the brain in children than adults, indicating greater efficiency in the adults B. but covered a smaller area of the brain in children than adults, indicating greater efficiency in the adults C. and covered a similar amount of area of the brain in children and adults, indicating equal degrees of efficiency D. but was more disorganized in children than in adults
A psychological approach to dying looks at dying from
a. a developmental perspective. b. a life stages perspective. c. a biological perspective. d. both a and b.
Which of these is not a characteristic of an individual in a collectivist culture?
A. Cooperation B. Dependency C. Success identified with personal achievement D. Success identified with group accomplishments
A child must acquire several types of knowledge about language. One kind is called the pragmatics of language, which refers to
a. the basic units of sound. b. principles of when to say what and how to say it. c. the basic meaningful units; i.e., words, past-tense markers, and plural markers. d. the meaning of words and sentences.