No Theorist Has More Emphatically Stressed the Social Determinants of Personality

question 105

Multiple Choice

No theorist has more emphatically stressed the social determinants of personality than Erich Fromm. As a humanistic personologist, Fromm argued that a person's behavior can be understood only in the light of cultural forces existing at a particular moment in history. He believed that needs unique to the human being evolved through the history of humankind and that different social systems have influenced their expression. Larry A. Hjelli and Daniel J. Ziegler, Personality Theories

• A) Argument; conclusion: No theorist has more emphatically ... Erich Fromm.
• B) Nonargument.
• C) Argument; conclusion: He believed that needs ... history of humankind.
• D) Argument; conclusion: He believed that different social systems ... expression.
• E) Argument; conclusion: As a humanistic personologist ... moment in history.

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