Which of the Following Refers to the Tendency to Place

question 94

Multiple Choice

Which of the following refers to the tendency to place the primary responsibility for one's success or failure either within oneself or on outside forces?

• A) Machiavellianism
• B) Emotional stability
• C) Locus of control
• D) Authoritarianism
• E) Extroversion

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Definitions:

Picky Eaters

Individuals, often children, who have a very selective and limited range of food preferences.

Egocentrism

Piaget’s term for children’s inability to take another person’s point of view or perspective and to assume that others share the same feelings, knowledge, and physical view of the world.

Preoperational Reasoning

Piaget’s second stage of cognitive development, between about ages 2 and 6, characterized by advances in symbolic thought, but thought is not yet logical.

Piaget

A reference to Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist known for his pioneering work in child development and cognitive theory.