Genuine self-esteem is based on which type of appraisal of your strengths and weaknesses?

A key point in Noam Chomsky's approach to psycholinguistics is an emphasis on

a. how children learn language by operant conditioning. b. how each language in the world has its own unique set of rules about syntax. c. how humans have language skills that are inborn. d. how language is closely connected with other cognitive skills.

Which of the following best reflects the text's conclusion about how personality traits change across the adult portion of the lifespan?

a. they are stable for almost everyone b. they are constantly changing for almost everyone c. most people's traits are characterized by both stability and change d. they are stable for some people but changing for others