A longitudinal study by Maddi (2002) showed that after almost half of a company's workforce was let go due to downsizing, of those who remained, two-thirds became ill and the other third thrived. Those who did well have which three characteristics?

a. commitment, control, and challenge c. challenge, control, and optimism
b. commitment, control, and apathy d. optimism, happiness, and commitment


A

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Environmental factors contribute about ____ to personality traits.

A. 80% B. 5% C. 10% D. 50%

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Some early psychological theorists believed that much of human behaviour was instinctive; that is, our behaviour is much more determined by nature than our nurture. This view is MOST consistent with:

A) Plato's nativism. B) Gall's phrenology. C) Aristotle's philosophical empiricism. D) Locke's tabula rasa.

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The term ____________________ refers to when groups and their members are evaluated in a consistently negative way

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

Charles Spearman is to ____ as Howard Gardner is to ____

a. ?mental age; chronological age b. ?adult testing; child testing c. nurture; nature? d. generalized intelligence; multiple intelligences?

Psychology