If You Collect the Central Behaviours for a Category and Assess

question 31

Multiple Choice

If you collect the central behaviours for a category and assess how frequently people perform those behaviours you would be using the act approach to studying personality.

• A)frequency
• B)analysis
• C)selection
• D)manipulation

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Definitions:

Ethology

The scientific study of animal behavior, often with a focus on behavior under natural conditions.

Evolutionary Perspective

A theoretical approach in psychology that seeks to explain mental and psychological traits as adaptations, i.e., as the functional products of natural selection.

Psychoanalytic Perspective

A theory of psychology founded by Sigmund Freud that emphasizes unconscious processes and childhood experiences as determinants of psychological development and issues.

Drive Reduction Theory

A theory that explains behavior as an attempt to reduce drives and achieve homeostasis.