Some Research Gives Personality Tests to a Group of People

question 33

Multiple Choice

Some research gives personality tests to a group of people and compares their scores. What approach does this illustrate?

• A) the idiographic approach
• B) the case study approach
• C) the nomothetic approach
• D) the clinical approach

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Definitions:

Blood Pressure

Tension of the blood within the blood vessels; commonly expressed in units of millimeters of mercury (mm Hg).

Atria

The two upper chambers of the heart that receive blood from the veins and pump it into the ventricles.

ADH Secretion

The release of antidiuretic hormone, which helps control the body's water balance by affecting the kidneys.

Blood Osmolality

A measure of the solute concentration in the blood, affecting the movement of water between body compartments.