Match Each Definition with Its Associated Principle of Personality Development

question 38

Multiple Choice

Match each definition with its associated principle of personality development.
-Identity development principle

• A)Taking on roles or images such as being a "jock" can lead personality to be consistent over time.
• B)People become better equipped to deal with the demands of life as they acquire experience and skills.
• C)People seek to develop a stable sense of who they are and then strive to act consistently with this self-view.
• D)Personality can change at any time (but such change may not be easy).
• E)Personality traits increase in rank-order consistency as people get older.
• F)Person-environment transactions can cause personality traits to remain consistent or even magnify over time.
• G)Changing social roles at different stages of life, such as becoming a spouse, parent, or boss, can cause personality to change.

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Definitions:

Generalization

Generalization is the process of responding similarly to different but related stimuli, often used in learning and behavioral psychology to explain how individuals can apply what they've learned to new situations.

Spontaneous Recovery

Refers to the reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Latent Learning

The process of learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement of the behavior or associations that are learned.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally triggers a response without any need for prior learning.