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To reduce the number of traits to a few basic ones, psychologists use the statistical process of _____.
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factor analysis
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The Eysencks think that two or three _____-influenced personality dimensions are sufficient; these include _____ and emotional _____.
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genetically; extraversion-introversion; stability-instability
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Some researches believe that _____ seek stimulation because their level of _____ is relatively _____.
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extraverts; brain arousal; low
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Research increasingly reveals that our _____ play an important role in defining our _____.
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genes; temperament and behavioral sstyle
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Jerome Kagen attributes differences in children's _____ to automatic nervous system reactivity. Personality differences among dogs, birds, and other animals _____ stable.
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shyness and inhibition; are
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Questionnaires that categorize personality traits are called _____. The most widely used of all such personality tests is the _____. Its questions are grouped into _____ clinical scales. This test was developed by testing a large pool of items and selecting those that differentiated particular individuals; in other words, the test was _____ derived.
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personality inventories; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI); 10; empirically (i.e. experimentally)
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Researchers have arrived at a cluster of five factors that seem to describe the major features of personality: _____.
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openness for variety and new experiences, conscientiousness and discipline, extraversion and sociability, agreeableness and soft-heartedness, and neuroticism (a range of stability to instability of emotion).
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While some traits wane after college, others increase. For example, as young adults mature and learn to manage their commitments, _____ increases. From the thirties through the sixties, _____ increases.
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conscientiousness; agreeableness
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