This is the tendency to mimic other people in order to fit in. We see this happen quite often in the clothes people wear, the leisure activities they participate in, and even in their mood:

The source traits identified by Cattell can be measured using a test known as the

a. MMPI-2. b. 16 PF. c. TAT. d. WAIS.

Ten-year-old Stephanie knows that she can easily trick her 4-year-old brother, Aaron, into accepting fewer pieces of candy. To do so, she places the pieces of candy in two rows. The first row contains 10 pieces of candy spaced closely together and the

second row contains 8 pieces of candy spaced far apart. Aaron always chooses the row that contains the 8 pieces of candy. Aaron reasons that it looks like it has more, so it must be so. He does this even though he knows that 10 is greater than 8 . According to Piaget, Aaron’s problem stems from __________. a) centration b) operation c) symbolic function d) egocentric thinking