The Need to Feel That One Is Thinking and Behaving

question 182

Multiple Choice

The need to feel that one is thinking and behaving in consistent ways is ____. ​

• A)probably innate-rooted in our biological nature
• B)probably culture-bound-important in some cultures but not in others ​
• C)probably a matter of self-presentation only; inconsistencies seem only to be troubling when others know about them ​
• D)enormously varied from one person to the next; not everyone feels this need, and-among those who do-some people feel it much more strongly than others ​

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Definitions:

Income Range

The spread between the lowest and highest income levels within a given group.

Demographic Variables

Characteristics of populations, such as age, gender, income, and education, that are used in social science research to study differences or changes in a group.

Poverty Correlated

The relationship between poverty and various factors, indicating how certain conditions are more likely to occur among the impoverished.

Least Likely

Refers to the option or outcome with the lowest probability of occurring in a given set of circumstances.