Research investigations examining the stability of personality over long periods of time show that:
a. individuals who are introverted in childhood tend to be introverted in adulthood
b. individuals who are introverted in childhood tend to become extraverted in adulthood
c. most people who are introverted in childhood become neurotic in adulthood
d. people who are extraverted in childhood tend to become psychotic in adulthood
a
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a. ?cognitive b. ?developmental c. ?biological d. ?evolutionary
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a. estrogen b. testosterone c. cortisol d. oxytocin
Which of the following substances are released primarily at night in humans?
a. dopamine and melatonin b. norepinephrine and growth hormone c. melatonin and growth hormone d. acetylcholine and melatonin
The notion that people seek to reduce anxiety when their cognitions and behaviors do not
correspond is called a. elaboration likelihood. b. the fundamental attribution error. c. attribution. d. cognitive dissonance. e. the false consensus effect.