You have decided to engage in a debate with several famous personality psychologists about the stability of personality traits. One of them makes the following statement: "Behaviors are not as consistent as you might think
The situation in which you find yourself often determines the way you act." This point is most likely to have been made by:
a) Paul Costa.
b) Hermann Rorschach.
c) Walter Mischel.
d) Carl Rogers.
ANS: C, Mischel challenged the assumption that behavior is the result of enduring personality characteristics.
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How likely is it that she will continue on and fall off? A) Unlikely, because depth perception develops by about 6 months of age in infants Correct. By the time infants are crawling, they are able to perceive (and usually avoid) a drop-off. The visual cliff has been used to study this perceptual ability in a variety of species. B) Unlikely, because her mother will probably stop her before she reaches the end C) Likely, because infants only use monocular cues when judging depth D) Likely, because depth perception develops later in childhood
Stimulus motives are largely learned
a. True b. False