Mark, a 47-year-old man, is very shy. He has difficulty interacting with others because he feels awkward and does not easily express his thoughts and feelings.
He is a relatively successful artist who lives alone in a rural Southern state. Mark also remembers being very shy as a child. Which of the following is not a likely explanation for the continuity of Mark's personality over his life span?
a. Mark's early temperamental shyness was influenced by his genes.
b. Mark's parents did not try to make him more outgoing.
c. Mark selected a job which reinforced his temperamental characteristics.
d. Mark's early temperament and his later personality traits are moderately correlated.
Question 2
The Big Five personality traits are
a. conscientiousness, agreeableness, aggressiveness, neuroticism and introversion.
b. warmth, neuroticism, conscientiouness, introversion and extroversion.
c. sociability, openness, neuroticism, agreeableness and aggressiveness.
d. agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, extraversion and conscientiousness.
Interacting and Colliding Galaxies
Specialized values and interests are two of the characteristics that mark subcultures. What values ...
Good contact feels full, confident, and deliberate and establishes a warm connection between massage ...
Research that has examined babies' ability to recognize themselves develops in the 2 year