The development of the Big Five Model was guided by the lexical hypothesis. What is the lexical hypothesis?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The lexical hypothesis is the idea that traits important for survival and reproduction became embedded in human languages, often as single words.
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Roger wants to study whether the level of personal income predicts happiness. He operationally defines income as "the gross amount of money a person earns in a calendar year." He operationally defines happiness as "the ability of that person to stand on one leg for longer than 3 minutes." What is glaringly wrong with Roger's study?
A) It lacks validity; income can be measured, but happiness cannot. B) It lacks reliability; the operational definitions of the properties under study produce inconsistent measurements. C) It lacks validity; the operational definition of happiness is unrelated to the underlying property of happiness. D) It lacks reliability; it is difficult to precisely measure both income and happiness.
Chlorpromazine, often sold under the brand name Thorazine, is used to treat:
a. the negative symptoms of schizophrenia b. anxiety disorders c. the positive symptoms of schizophrenia d. bipolar disorder
The fact that we perceive a unified, whole object instead of the sum of its component parts is a fundamental principle of which approach to psychology?
A) psychodynamic B) structuralism C) Gestalt D) behaviourism
Aaron is homophobic. This means that he __________.
A. secretly desires a homosexual experience B. wishes he had been born a woman C. holds negative attitudes and harbors irrational fears about homosexuality D. commits hate crimes against gays and lesbians