What Is Not a Tough-Minded Trait

question 51

Multiple Choice

What is not a tough-minded trait?

• A) Pluralistic
• B) Skeptical
• C) Empiricist
• D) Optimistic

Understand the concepts of if-then propositions and what type of thought processes they require.

Comprehend the characteristics and examples of deductive reasoning.

Grasp the concept and examples of the imaginary audience and personal fable in adolescent thought processes.

Understand the nature of hypothetical thought and its relationship to formal operational thinking.

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Definitions:

Intervening Variable

An intervening variable is a hypothetical concept that explains the relationship between the independent (causal) and dependent (effect) variables in an experiment.

Political Affiliation

An individual's or group's association with a particular political party or ideology.

Political Orientation

Describes an individual's or group's predisposition towards certain political ideologies, parties, or policies.

Independent Variable

A variable in an experiment or model that is manipulated to observe its effect on a dependent variable, being the cause in a cause-and-effect relationship.