An Individual Who Is High in ________ Is Pragmatic, Maintains

question 43

Multiple Choice

An individual who is high in ________ is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can justify means.

• A) self-esteem
• B) Machiavellianism
• C) self-monitoring
• D) risk taking

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Definitions:

Self-Compassion

The act of showing compassion and empathy towards oneself during times of suffering or failure, instead of engaging in severe self-judgment.

Inadequate

Lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.

Self-Serving Bias

The common tendency to attribute successes to personal characteristics and failures to external factors, often to maintain self-esteem.

Actor-Observer Effect

The tendency to make internal attributions for the behavior of others and external attributions for our own behavior.