Why Is the Study of the Self Important to Personality

question 10

Multiple Choice

Why is the study of the self important to personality psychology?

• A) The "self" is an unconscious ideal and therefore contributes to the psychodynamic approach.
• B) This area of investigation examines questions of identity.
• C) Selves and traits can be used as interchangeable terms.
• D) The study of the self allowed personality psychology to become a quantitative science.

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