You Ask a Student to Describe the Path to His

question 6

Multiple Choice

You ask a student to describe the path to his dorm room. The most likely way in which he will do this is to

• A) recite a rote list of directions he memorized.
• B) give you the GPS location of his dorm room.
• C) walk through a mental image of the path and describe it to you as he does it.
• D) draw a diagram on a piece of paper and then point out where you should go.
• E) none of these

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Definitions:

Personality Theory

An attempt to describe and explain how people are different and what makes each individual's personality unique.

Traits Consistency

The degree to which individual personality traits remain stable and consistent across different situations and over time.

Control Belief

The perception of the extent to which one has power over their own environment and outcomes.

Pessimistic

Characterized by a tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen.