According to Kelly, Individual Differences in Personality Can Be Traced

question 3

Multiple Choice

According to Kelly, individual differences in personality can be traced to all of the following sources except one. Which one?

• A) The number of constructs in a person's construct system
• B) The way a person organizes the constructs in his or her construct system
• C) The person's level of motivation to make sense out of the world
• D) The kinds of constructs in a person's construct system

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Definitions:

Central Route

A cognitive processing path used in persuasive communication that involves careful and thoughtfully analyzing the content of the message.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overestimate the effect of disposition or personality and underestimate the effect of the situation in explaining social behavior.

Personal Traits

characteristics or qualities that define an individual's personality and behavior.

Situational Influences

Factors in the environment or specific situation that affect people's behavior, decisions, and feelings.