Which of the Following Assumptions Underlies the Trait Approach to Personality

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which of the following assumptions underlies the trait approach to personality?

• A) Each person belongs in one and only one personality category.
• B) Personality characteristics can be represented along a continuum.
• C) People in one personality category are distinctly different from people in other categories.
• D) Personality can change as a function of the situation the person is in.

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Definitions:

Organic Halide

Organic compounds containing a halogen atom (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine) covalently bonded to carbon; utilized in various chemical syntheses and reactions.

Carboxylation

A chemical reaction that introduces a carboxyl group (-COOH) into a molecule.

Grignard Reagent

An organomagnesium compound used in organic chemistry for carbon-carbon bond formation, represented as RMgX where R is an alkyl or aryl group and X is a halogen.

Organic Halide

An organic compound containing one or more halogen atoms (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine) covalently bonded to carbon.