Theories are vital tools for developmental researchers because they

What will be an ideal response?

provide organizing frameworks for our observations of people.

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Which of the following describes the key finding of Cattell's Factor Analytic Trait Theory?

A. A trait causes individuals to behave in certain ways. B. Individual personality characteristics can be identified and measured. C. People's personalities fall along a continuum of 16 common traits. D. Traits constitute the underlying structure of personality.

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Low socioeconomic status and living in a poor neighborhood are __________ variables that increase the probability of a child developing conduct disorder.

A. genetic B. sociocultural C. familial D. chemical

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