The Text Emphasizes That a Big Difference Between Intuitive Theories

question 24

Multiple Choice

The text emphasizes that a big difference between intuitive theories about people and scientific theories of personality is that the personality scientist must

• A) engage in scientific observation.
• B) interrelate concepts about people systematically.
• C) provide ideas that are testable.
• D) all of the above.

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Definitions:

Simple Reflexes

Inborn automatic responses to certain stimuli that are present from birth, such as the sucking reflex in infants.

Mental Representations

Internal cognitive symbols that represent external reality, allowing individuals to process information and make sense of the world.

Primary Circular Reactions

Repetitive actions focused on the body that infants engage in by chance and then continue because they find them pleasurable, marking a stage in sensorimotor development.

Assimilation

The process by which individuals or groups absorb the cultural aspects of another, often the dominant, society.