The Idea That People's Personalities Result from the Way They

question 200

Multiple Choice

 The idea that people's personalities result from the way they perceive environmental events is most consistent with what perspective of personality? 

• A)psychoanalytic theory
• B)trait theory
• C)social cognitive theory
• D)humanistic theory

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Definitions:

Obedience

Following the commands or guidance of an authority figure without questioning.

Confederates

Individuals who are part of a study's design and know the experiment's aims but pretend to be participants in order to manipulate situations as required by the research.

Confederate

An individual who is part of an experiment but pretends to be a participant while actually working for the researcher, used to manipulate social interactions as part of the experimental procedure.

Performing Arts

Forms of creative expression that are performed in front of an audience, such as music, dance, and theater.