The prediction of dangerousness is probably best in which of the following situations?
a) When the person is experiencing hallucinations
b) If violence is in the person's distant past, and it was a single but very serious act.
c) Following extended hospitalizations
d) After a period of relative calm
b
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What was one reason an alternative approach to the "Big Five" traits was developed?
a) Clinicians could provide information that helps us understand personality disorders. b) The available personality measures do not have ties to widely used defense mechanisms. c) Assessment of key facets of the humanistic perspective was woefully inadequate compared to assessment of other perspectives on personality. d) Recent research on brain scanning has yielded convincing evidence that different brain areas are related to identifiable personality differences that can be assessed via self-report questionnaires.
Adolescent egocentrism is characterized by
a. an inability to understand that others have different perspectives of the world. b. an indifference about what other people think about them. c. a belief that they are the focus of others' thinking. d. having attained identity achievement.