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Which of the following statements is true about theories of personality? - ✔✔They
provide only a part of the picture of human personality.
A general statement about the relationship between constructs or events is is called a? -
✔✔Theory
According to the "law of parsimony" - ✔✔the best theory is the one that explains a
phenomenon with the fewest constructs
Which saying is the best summary for the law of parsimony? - ✔✔Keep it simple
Which of the following statements is true about theories in personality psychology? -
✔✔A good theory generates testable hypotheses
A researcher maintains that a person's self-esteem level is largely inherited from him or
her parents. From this, she derives the prediction that children with low self-esteem
probably come from homes where one or both parents have low self-esteem. In this
case, the formal prediction is the - ✔✔Hypothesis
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, A formal prediction about the relationship between two or more variables that is
logically derived theory is called a(n) - ✔✔Variable
Personality researches take steps to discover the nature of personality in which order? -
✔✔Generate hypotheses, collect data, evaluate date
The sequence researches move through when using the hypothesis-testing approach are
- ✔✔Theory, prediction, test
When conducting personality research, in most cases, a researcher should - ✔✔begin
with a theory from which the hypothesis is derived
Which of the following is not true about a good theory? - ✔✔All experts agree it is
correct
In experimental research, the _____ variable is sometimes referred to as a treatment
variable - ✔✔independent
You are studying the immediate effects of alcohol on people's feelings of well-being.
Which of the following could be the dependent variable in this study? - ✔✔Score on a
measure of well-being
To obtain an interaction in your research findings, you would need more than one -
✔✔Independent variable
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