The Idea That Underlying Personality Traits Are Less Important Than

question 46

Multiple Choice

The idea that underlying personality traits are less important than immediate circumstances in determining behavior is known as:

• A)aggregation.
• B)situationism.
• C)acquiescence.
• D)social desirability.

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Definitions:

50th Percentile

Also known as the median, it is the value below which 50% of the data points in a data set lie.

Normal Distribution

A statistical distribution where the data forms a symmetrical bell-shaped curve, with the mean, median, and mode all equal and in the center.

Standard Normal

A special case of the normal distribution where the mean is 0 and the standard deviation is 1.

10th Percentile

The value below which 10% of observations in a data set fall.