Source: Brenda McDaniel, 785-532-0807, bmcdani@k-state.edu
Website: http://www.thecharacterproject.com/
News release prepared by: Tyler Sharp, 785-532-2535, tmsharp@k-state.edu
Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011
DEFINING 1xbet sports betting : PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR RESEARCHES CLASSIFICATIONS AND CONSISTENCIES OF MORAL TENDENCIES
MANHATTAN -- How honest is an honest person? Are they any less likely to tell a lie when it benefits them? Research by a Kansas State University personality psychologist 1xbet sports betting answer those questions and more thanks to a major grant.
Brenda McDaniel, assistant professor of psychology, was awarded a 9,429 grant from the 1xbet sports betting Project at Wake Forest University, a three-year project supported by a grant from The John Templeton Foundation for her research project, "Structure and Consistency of 1xbet sports betting ." The 1xbet sports betting Project addresses challenging questions of interest to 1xbet sports betting , particularly in the areas of psychology, philosophy and theology, in order to foster new advances in the study of 1xbet sports betting . The questions examine whether the 1xbet sports betting traits of honesty and compassion exist, the prevalence of these traits and how people should overcome their 1xbet sports betting flaws.
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McDaniel hopes to reconcile ongoing controversies in personality psychology in the process. One controversy involves whether dispositions should be studied as differences within unique individuals or differences between groups of people. Another personality controversy addressed involves whether behavior is the product of situational influences or if there are characteristic ways of behaving unimpeded by the situation.
The project's findings are expected to guide McDaniel's future research on personality. She hopes the research 1xbet sports betting have broader applicability as well.
"I hope the research results 1xbet sports betting provide greater understanding of personality development as well as how to possibly foster pro-social behaviors in youth," she said.
