Kendall Was Always the Class Clown

question 101

Multiple Choice

Kendall was always the class clown. When he goes to university far from home, though, he really changes who he is. He becomes very studious and interested in research, and starts to run around with "smart" kids instead of kids who party all the time (like he did in high school) . Kendall's experience at university BEST illustrates ____.

• A) stability in self-knowledge
• B) the role of family in revising self-knowledge
• C) the role of the social world in revising self-knowlege
• D) how easily a person can just decide to change

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Definitions:

Identity

The condition or character as to who a person or what a thing is; a distinctive characteristic defining individuals or groups.

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid, the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms that contains the instructions necessary for building and maintaining an organism.

Gene

Section of DNA having the same arrangement of chemical elements.

Amine

Organic compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by hydrocarbon or other radicals; they play essential roles in biology as building blocks of proteins and neurotransmitters.