Let's Say That I Ask You to Tell Me What

question 349

Multiple Choice

Let's say that I ask you to tell me what you did last summer. You say that you took a trip to Europe. What property of language does your description of your trip illustrate?

• A)Generativity
• B)Segmentation
• C)Displacement
• D)Top-down processing
• E)Bottom-up processing

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Definitions:

Shaping Personality

The process by which an individual’s personality is influenced and molded by experiences, environment, and internal factors.

Birth Order

The chronological order of sibling births in a family, which is often believed to influence personality and behavior.

Neurotic Needs

These needs are excessive compulsions that individuals develop to deal with anxiety but ultimately lead to unhealthy behaviors or attitudes, as identified by psychoanalyst Karen Horney.

Trait Approach

A perspective in psychology that theorizes personality is comprised of broad, consistent behaviors or dispositions called traits, which this approach aims to identify and measure.