Compared to 30 or 40 Years Ago, Personality Psychologists Today

question 49

Multiple Choice

Compared to 30 or 40 years ago, personality psychologists today generally are more likely to acknowledge that

• A) the personalities of newborns resemble a "blank slate."
• B) personality cannot be separated from our biology.
• C) all people have similar biological functioning, such as nearly identical brain-wave activity.
• D) differences in adult personality are a result of different learning histories.

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Definitions:

Encode

To transform sensory input into a form that is more readily processed.

Sensory Input

Information gathered by the senses such as sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell, which gets processed by the brain to make sense of the world.

Moral Realism

The philosophical belief that there are objective moral values which are independent of human opinion or belief.

Authority

The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.