Zuckerman conducted research on a limited-domain aspect of personality called:
a. learned helplessness.
c. self-efficacy.
b. sensation seeking.
d. superstitious behavior.
ANS: B
FEEDBACK: Beginning in the 1970s, psychologist Marvin Zuckerman, at the University of Delaware, conducted research on a limited-domain aspect of personality he called sensation seeking. This trait has a large hereditary component initially noted by Eysenck.
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