Compared to traditional personality assessment, behavioural assessment
a) does not use self-report data because of its lack of reliability.
b) relies more heavily on self-report data.
c) focuses on situational determinants rather than traits.
d) focuses on what a person says, rather than how it is said.
c
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Which of the following statements is supported by the work of the Brelands?
a. Animals bring no genetic predispositions with them to the learning experience. b. Genetic differences among various species of animals are unimportant. c. Any response that an animal is capable of making can be conditioned to any stimulus that the animal can detect. d. Animal behavior cannot be properly understood without a knowledge of the animal’s instinctual tendencies.
Output from the paraventricular nucleus acts on the ____.
A. preoptic area B. ventromedial hypothalamus C. lateral hypothalamus D. baroreceptors
A _____ signals whether a certain response or behavior is likely to be rewarded, ignored, or punished
a) reinforcer b) generalized stimulus c) discriminative stimulus d) primary reinforcer
Lauren, a ninth-grade student, describes herself as a pretty good guitar player and an excellent math student who can't understand chemistry class
She says she is wild and extroverted with friends in her band,yet is shy and quiet at school. Lauren's self-description reflects a. the inability to integrate different aspects of her identity. b. that she is atypical of most adolescents. c. differential gender socialization. d. the ability to recognize contradictions in her personality