Which of the following statements best describes the study of personality?
A. Personality psychologists are interested in how people react to different situations.
B. Personality psychologists now recognize that early explanations of personality, such as Freud's psychoanalytic theory, are incorrect.
C. Personality psychologists are interested in consistent behavior patterns and intrapersonal processes originating within the individual.
D. Personality psychologists are interested in the consistent behavior patterns caused either by something about the person or by placing the person in the same situation.
Question 2
Which of the following statements is an axiom that best reflects the personality psychologist's point of view?
A. People are the same the world over.
B. Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their passions a quotation.
C. There are few differences between people, but what differences there are, really matter.
D. Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you'll get.
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big five personality traits
The MMPI personality inventory
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Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging