One Comment That Came Out of the Authors' Evaluation of the Sample

question 3

Multiple Choice

One comment that came out of the authors' evaluation of the sample article by Mehl,Vazire,Holleran,& Clark (2010) was that:

• A) the researchers failed to show a correlation between happiness and substantive conversations.
• B) the sample size was ideal.
• C) cultural or gender differences might account for the results.
• D) no questions were left unanswered.

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Definitions:

Psychic Energy

A concept in psychology representing the force behind human thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, often linked to Freudian psychoanalytic theory.

Biological Drives

Innate impulses that motivate behavior and are essential for survival, such as hunger, thirst, and the drive for reproduction.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest.

Self-awareness

The conscious knowledge of one's own character, feelings, motives, and desires.