Mischel based his argument that personality is not a useful construct on the fact that
A) you can predict what an individual is going to do based on a previous measure of that person's personality.
B) the environment rarely has an effect on personality.
C) people's behaviors vary across situations.
D) it is always difficult to reliably measure personality.
C
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Whose gender theory claims that early gender-specific experiences cause changes in the brain's development?
a. Freud's psychoanalytic theory b. Money and Ehrhardt's biosocial theory c. Mead's anthropological theory d. Halpern's psychobiosocial theory
Garret has a tendency to take credit for his good actions, but he attributes his mistakes to factors beyond his control. This is an example of ________
a. the fundamental attribution error. b. the validity effect. c. the just-world hypothesis. d. the self-serving bias.
Why is learning defined in terms of the mechanisms of behavior rather than by a behavior change itself?
a. Behavior changes are short-lived; changes in the mechanisms are enduring. b. Behavior is due to many factors besides learning. c. Behavior does not change due to interaction with environmental stimuli. d. Behavior cannot be quantified; mechanisms can be.
90% of adult Internet users surveyed stated that the Internet was ________________.
a. good for society b. bad for society c. a good thing for them personally d. a bad thing for them personally