Which of the Following Is True of the Research on the Stability

question 120

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the research on the stability of the five personality factors as proposed by Costa and McCrae?

• A) Extraverted adults tend to become far more introverted as they get older.
• B) Agreeableness increases during later years.
• C) Neuroticism declines during middle adulthood.
• D) Conscientiousness tends to decrease in early and middle adulthood.

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Definitions:

Respondent Behavior

A type of behavior that occurs in response to specific stimuli and is conditioned by the environment, as seen in classical conditioning.

Operant Behavior

Behavior that is controlled by its consequences, including rewards and punishments, in the context of operant conditioning a type of learning process.

Associative Learning

The method through which a person grasps the association between two signals or between an action and its result.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a learned response after its apparent extinction, often occurring in the absence of further conditioning.