If You Believe That Behavior Is Strongly Influenced by Personality

question 87

Multiple Choice

If you believe that behavior is strongly influenced by personality traits or lasting personal dispositions, whether biological or learned, then you would most likely agree with which statement?

• A)Almost anyone would be polite at a wedding reception; it doesn't matter what kind of personality the person has.
• B)I believe that immediate circumstances usually determine how people act at any given time.
• C)The reason people in some professions, such as teachers, lawyers, or doctors, seem so much alike is because their work requires that they act in particular ways.
• D)My friends' actions are fairly consistent from day to day and in different situations.

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Definitions:

Fontanels

Soft spots on a baby's skull where the bones have not yet fused, allowing for flexibility during birth and brain growth.

Sella Turcica

A saddle-shaped depression in the sphenoid bone of the skull that houses the pituitary gland.

Pituitary Gland

A pea-sized gland located at the base of the brain, known as the "master gland," because it controls many other hormone glands in the body.

Sphenoid Bone

A butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull that forms part of the eye socket and the floor of the cranial cavity.