Which of the Following Refers to Machiavellianism

question 214

Multiple Choice

Which of the following refers to Machiavellianism?

• A) the extent to which someone is able to adjust his or her behaviour in response to external factors
• B) the extent to which a person tends to defer to authority
• C) the extent to which someone is curious, open to new ideas, and imaginative
• D) the extent to which someone is emotionally detached and manipulative
• E) the extent to which someone is relaxed, secure, and unworried

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Definitions:

Scientific Methods

Systematic processes for experimentation and observation used to gather empirical evidence and establish or validate theories and principles.

Possible Selves

Cognitive representations of the kind of people we think we might become some day.

Construe the World

To construe the world means to interpret or understand the world and the events within it through a personal or theoretical lens.

Personal Constructs

Theoretical constructs proposed by George Kelly, suggesting that people develop personal systems of belief that they use to understand and interpret the world around them.