Which of the following statements is true about self-esteem in adulthood?
a. Self-esteem increases slightly as people age from their 20s to their 60s and then decreases.
b. Self-esteem remains the same through early and middle adulthood, then increases in late adulthood.
c. Self-esteem rises dramatically through early adulthood, then begins to fall thereafter.
d. Self-esteem decreases slowly but steadily after adolescence.
Question 2According to Carl Rogers, a humanistic psychologist, what is one explanation of where hate comes from?
A) The constraints that societies place on individuals
B) Not receiving unconditional positive regard from one's mother
C) Collectivism that goes against an individual's free will
D) Part biological part societal
E) An inability to become self-actualized
Question 3The purpose of using twins as a source of data in personality studies is to
A) show that nature is more powerful than nurture in the development of personality.
B) show that nurture is more powerful than nature in the development of personality.
C) study the effects that both nature and nurture have in the development of personality.
D) concentrate only on nature in the development of personality.
E) concentrate only on nurture in the development of personality.
Question 4Imaginal coding is creating a description to yourself of what you are seeing.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 5Most personality psychologists would agree that
a. personality is nothing more than the sum of one's experiences.
b. personality was shaped by evolutionary pressures.
c. temperaments are not learned, but they are completely inborn.
d. None of these answers are correct.
Question 6Which of the Big Five traits continues to increase after the age of 50?
a. agreeableness
b. neuroticism
c. openness
d. extraversion
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