One of the Main Ways Psychologists Have Studied the Causes

question 12

Multiple Choice

One of the main ways psychologists have studied the causes of differences in personality among people is to

• A) perform factor analysis on answers given to written questionnaires about various traits.
• B) ask people for their own explanations for how their personalities developed.
• C) compare the similarities in personality between identical twins and fraternal twins.
• D) unobtrusively observe people interacting in everyday situations.

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Definitions:

Deviations

Differences between observed values and the average of those values, indicating the spread of a dataset.

Observations

Data collected or measured from a study or experiment, representing individual points of information gathered.

Average Score

The term "average score" refers to the mean score obtained by dividing the total sum of all scores by the number of scores.

Male Students

Individuals who identify as male and are enrolled in an educational institution to pursue their studies.