Trait theorists are more concerned with ________ personality than ________ it.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Ans: describing; explaining

Psychology

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Tannen writes that, as many men do, her own husband approaches the world as a(n)

a. arena of negotiation. b. community in which people seek consensus. c. network of connections. d. place where people try to achieve and maintain status.

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Adoption studies:

a. Lack the control of a real experiment because researchers cannot manipulate the adoption variable b. Have shown that rearing children apart from their biological parents has no effect on their intelligence c. Are worse than family studies in determining the heritability of a trait d. Completely control for environmental influences

Psychology

The theory that the abuse and neglect of children leads them to be predisposed to abusiveness as adults is called the __________.

A. midlife crisis resolution B. cycle of violence hypothesis C. normative-crisis proposal D. circumnavigation explanation

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