According to Horney, people with a compliant personality:
a. are insensitive to the needs of others.
c. regard themselves as superior to others.
b. are incapable of manipulating others.
d. feel helpless and weak about themselves.
ANS: D
FEEDBACK: The attitude of compliant people toward themselves is consistently one of helplessness and weakness. They are willing to assume blame and defer to others, never being assertive, critical, or demanding.
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a) Males are more likely to inherit the bad copy of a gene whenever there is one. b) Males do not have a second X chromosome that might have a good copy of the gene. c) Estrogen will silence a mutated gene once her daughter experiences puberty. d) Her daughter's Y chromosome will probably have a good copy of that gene to offset the bad one.
According to the ______________ theory of leadership, some people are born with a set of personality traits that make them destined to be great leaders
a. universal b. natural selection c. state d. great person