Trait Theorists Have Been Criticized for

question 63

Multiple Choice

Trait theorists have been criticized for

• A) underestimating the potential influence of biological factors on personality development.
• B) underestimating the extent to which people differ from one another.
• C) overestimating the consistency of behavior from one situation to another.
• D) underestimating the value of factor analysis for identifying clusters of related traits.

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Definitions:

Dependent Means

Statistical measures that represent the average outcomes within an experiment that are expected to change in response to the independent variable.

Independent Samples

Two or more groups of data that are collected from separate, non-related populations or entities.

Dependent Samples

Pairs of samples where the members of one sample are related or matched to the members of the other sample, often used in before-and-after studies.

Dependent-Samples T Test

A method in statistics for comparing the average differences between two related or matched groups to determine if the differences are not due to random chance.