According to the Principles of Reciprocal Determinism, How Are Personality

question 12

Multiple Choice

According to the principles of reciprocal determinism, how are personality and behavior related?

• A) Personality causes behavior to happen.
• B) Personality affects behavior but only through the intercession of the environment.
• C) Personality influences behavior, and behavior helps shape personality.
• D) Behavior produces personality.

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Definitions:

Social Psychologist

A psychologist specializing in understanding how individual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.

Quasi-Experiment

An empirical study used to estimate the causal impact of an intervention without random assignment of participants to conditions or orders of conditions.

Self-Image

An individual's conception of themselves, often encompassing physical appearance, abilities, and personality traits.

True Experiment

A research design that includes random assignment of participants and manipulation of an independent variable to examine its effect on a dependent variable.