A Personality Test Given to a Group of Athletes Can

question 32

Multiple Choice

A personality test given to a group of athletes can NOT tell us:

• A) All of the above
• B) The causal link between personality and athletic success
• C) How any given individual athlete will perform
• D) Whether specific personality traits influence athletic performance, or whether athletic performance influences personality traits

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Definitions:

Ascribed Statuses

Social positions assigned at birth or assumed involuntarily later in life, based on attributes beyond an individual's control.

Social Construction

The theory that many aspects of reality, including social norms and knowledge, are created and maintained through social interactions and agreements among societal members.

Objective Reality

A concept referring to the existence of an external, independent reality that is not influenced by individual feelings, interpretations, or perceptions.

Achieved Statuses

Social positions that are acquired through an individual's own efforts, talents, or choices, as opposed to ascribed statuses, which are inherited.