The Extent to Which Personality Attributes Are Inherited from Our

question 69

Multiple Choice

The extent to which personality attributes are inherited from our parents or shaped by our environment is called ____ by psychologists.

• A) individual differences
• B) psychological contributions
• C) nature versus nurture
• D) psychological contract
• E) psychological inducements

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Definitions:

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique where a maladaptive response to a stimulus is replaced with a more desirable one.

Aversive Conditioning

A type of conditioning that uses negative stimuli to invoke a change in behavior, creating an association between the behavior and undesirable outcomes.

Classical Conditioning

The act of learning via establishing relationships between a stimulus present in one's surroundings and one that occurs instinctively.

Electroconvulsive Therapy

A medical treatment involving the administration of electrical currents to the brain to induce seizures, used primarily to treat severe depression and bipolar disorder.