A Significant Change in Self-Descriptions That Occurs Between Ages 9

question 116

Multiple Choice

A significant change in self-descriptions that occurs between ages 9 and 11 is a shift from

• A) physical characteristics to inner qualities
• B) inner qualities to action statements
• C) subjective to objective self-evaluations
• D) action statements to proverbial characterizations of self

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Definitions:

Social Psychology

The examination of individuals' cognitions, emotions, and actions within the framework of their social environments.

Compliance

A social psychology concept where individuals change their behavior in response to an explicit request from others.

Stanley Milgram

An American social psychologist best known for his controversial experiments on obedience to authority conducted in the 1960s.

Obedience

The act of following orders or instructions, usually from an authority figure, without questioning.