Multiple choice general knowledge

Which of the following statements is true concerning personality?

  1. People have either a tradition-oriented, inner-directed, or other-directed personality--no one has a combination of traits of these different modal personalities.

  2. Other-directed personalities are likely to be common in culturally diverse large-scale societies.

  3. neither of the above statements is true

  4. Both are true
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Statement B is correct because other-directed personalities emerge in culturally diverse, large-scale societies where people must navigate multiple social references and peer groups. Statement A is false because most people exhibit a combination of traits from different modal personality types, rather than fitting neatly into one category.

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