Consensus That Five Basic Traits Provide a Complete Description of Our

question 169

Multiple Choice

Consensus that five basic traits provide a complete description of our personalities evolved because of

• A) the work of trait theorists,Allport and Cattell.
• B) improved statistical methods and experimental strategies.
• C) the need to consolidate traits into a usable model.
• D) the relative unimportance of many traits.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.