Name and describe the three different dimensions of temperament identified by Rothbart
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer will include the following key points:
- Surgency/extraversion — the extent to which a child is generally happy, active, vocal, and regularly seeks interesting stimulation.
- Effortful control — the extent to which a child can focus attention, is not readily distracted, and can inhibit responses.
- Negative affect — the extent to which a child is fearful, irritable, easily distressed, is prone to anger and not easily soothed.
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In a dominant-recessive pairing, which of the following genes expresses a person's phenotype?
a. the dominant b. the recessive c. the dominant-recessive pairing d. it is too complicated to know which genes will be expressed
Hallucinations are occasionally experienced by people in the general population and are not
necessarily a sign of psychopathology. Indicate whether the statement is true or false