According to Allport, characteristics that dominate the person's life are called:
a. central traits
b. secondary traits
c. cardinal traits
d. cooperative traits
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Which of the following statements is considered a weakness of psychosocial theory?
a. It focuses on childhood rather than adulthood. b. It hypothesizes a specific direction for healthy growth at each life stage. c. The process of moving from one stage to another needs more development. d. The psychosocial crisis is not the same from one stage to the next.
Cross-cultural observations suggest that infants are likely to be held or carried almost constantly as a result of
a. women marrying at younger ages. b. living in extended family groups. c. men helping with childcare. d. a belief they are very vulnerable.
The fast-approaching-deadline technique is based on the ________ principle of compliance
A) reciprocity B) social validation C) commitment/consistency D) authority E) scarcity
Better recall for items in a list that were made unusual in some fashion (e.g., bold or underlined) is called __________
a. the von Restorff / isolation effect b. the vividness effect c. autobiographical memory d. the flashbulb memory effect