Marie Is a Graduate Student Whose Major Area of Interest

question 266

Multiple Choice

Marie is a graduate student whose major area of interest is personality psychology.You should expect that Marie is MOST interested in

• A) the ways in which physical or genetic factors influence and determine behavior.
• B) how people relate to each other and influence each other.
• C) the internal factors that lead people to act consistently across a variety of situations.
• D) the ways in which behavior and mental processes change over a lifetime.

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Definitions:

Negative View

A pessimistic attitude or perspective that focuses on the drawbacks or less favorable aspects of a situation.

Anxiety

A psychological condition marked by intense anxiety, worry, or dread that significantly disrupts everyday life functions.

Inhibited Attachment

A type of emotional disorder of infancy and early childhood characterized by a persistent failure to initiate or respond to most social interactions in a developmentally appropriate way.

Extraversion

A personality trait characterized by sociability, talkativeness, assertiveness, and excitability.