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American women's scores for _____ rose from 1931 to 1945 and also from 1968 to 1993.

A) domesticity
B) level of education
C) assertiveness
D) sensation seeking

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Men classified as being "explosive" children in a 40-year longitudinal study presented by Caspi and his colleagues in 1987 differed from the "nonexplosive" group by

A) earning more promotions for valor.
B) achieving lower military ranks.
C) earning more medals for bravery.
D) benefiting from military discipline.

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When Maria was a child she was always did her homework on time and was an excellent student.As an adult Maria is a highly organized business woman with a reputation for meeting deadlines.Maria's behavior throughout her life demonstrates

Husbands who score low on _____ have been found to be more likely to have extramarital affairs.

Which of the following aspects of temperament is probably most stable?

Self-esteem variability is most correlated with

Traits from the five-factor model have been found to

Trait neuroticism and negative affect scores tend to _____ from the freshman to senior years in college.

A person who feels very good after receiving a compliment, but very bad after being insulted, would sore high on measures of

_____ been associated with greater stability of personality over time.

When the average level of a trait remains constant over time, we observe

Which of the following has been associated with the later development of emotional disturbances in men?

If you measure self-esteem every day for two weeks, you are probably most interested in

Correlations between the same measure taken at different points in time are called

"Personality coherence" refers to the predictable changes in

_____ are defined as the social times in which people live.

If we measured height from the age of 12 to 18, we would likely see high degrees of

Individuals with a high level of _____ tend to cope better with the loss of a spouse.

The trait of competence tends to _____ women.

During adolescence, the self-esteem of _____ increases and the self-esteem of _____ decreases.