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Davideckstein7

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(a) Define personality trait and (b) briefly describe the nature of a personality trait.
 
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In Eysencks model, all of the following are associated with Psychoticism EXCEPT
 
  a. acute empathy.
  b. egocentricism.
  c. impulsivity.
  d. aggression.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: (a) A personality trait is a description of a persons typical style of thinking, feeling, and acting in different kinds of situations and at different times. (b) There are several salient points that could be addressed by the student; traits are measure over a continuum from low to high, traits cannot be measure directly like weight as they are hypothetical concepts. Therefore some researchers see them as purely descriptive while some view them as causal.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a: acute empathy.


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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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