A Psychologist Develops a Test to Measure Individual Differences in Social

question 57

Multiple Choice

A psychologist develops a test to measure individual differences in social anxiety. She obtains social anxiety scores from a large group of participants, and then tries to predict how those scoring high on the test will act in a social situation as compared to those scoring low. This psychologist would probably be identified with which approach to personality?

• A) Psychoanalytic
• B) Trait
• C) Humanistic
• D) Behavioral/social learning

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Definitions:

Disjunctive

Pertaining to a logical relation involving a choice between two clauses where at least one must be true.

Either Or

A logical proposition or choice implying that one out of two possible options must be selected or is true, excluding simultaneous truth or selection of both.

Disjunctive Conclusion

A logical inference which results from a disjunction in which at least one of the stated alternatives must be true.

Argument

A series of statements structured to establish a position and persuade an audience, consisting of premises leading logically to a conclusion.