Personality Consists of All the Enduring, Organized Ways of Behavior

question 14

Multiple Choice

Personality consists of all the enduring, organized ways of behavior that characterize an individual. Psychologists differ over

• A) how personality matters over the life course.
• B) whether personality and power are related.
• C) how personality characteristics are determined.
• D) whether personality is solely shaped by heredity.

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Definitions:

Parallel Processing

The ability of the brain to simultaneously process incoming stimuli of differing quality, a fundamental method of information processing in the human mind.

Overextension

A language development error in which a child applies a word too broadly, beyond its appropriate context.

Overregularization

A language acquisition error where children apply general grammatical rules too widely, leading to incorrect language uses, such as "goed" for "went."

Intelligence

A general mental capability that involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly, and learn from experience.