According to Carstensen,who Would Most Likely Want to Get to Know

question 65

Multiple Choice

According to Carstensen,who would most likely want to get to know new and interesting people?

• A) An older person who is near the end of his life
• B) A young adult in good health
• C) A young adult with a terminal illness
• D) A young child

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Definitions:

Personal Factors

Individual characteristics that influence behavior, attitudes, and performance.

Situational Factors

External conditions or circumstances that influence an individual's behavior, decisions, and actions in a given context.

Locus of Causality

Refers to where individuals attribute the cause of events, either internally (to themselves) or externally (to the situation or others).

Correspondent Inference

A theory suggesting that people make inferences about a person's dispositional attributes based on observed behaviors, especially when those behaviors have socially unexpected consequences.