The Big Five Personality Traits _____

question 91

Multiple Choice

The Big Five personality traits _____.

• A) are present in highly varying degrees throughout much of adulthood
• B) apply only to people living in North America
• C) first become obvious in preschool children
• D) are apparent in every culture and era

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Definitions:

Repression Theory

A psychological concept suggesting that individuals unconsciously push disturbing thoughts, desires, and memories out of conscious awareness.

Interference Theory

A theory suggesting that the ability to remember information is affected by competing information, either before or after the learning process.

Proactive Interference

The difficulty in learning new information because of the interference from existing, previously learned information.

Retroactive Interference

A phenomenon where newly acquired information interferes with the recall of previously learned information.