Trait Theorists Have Been Criticized for

question 321

Multiple Choice

Trait theorists have been criticized for

• A) underestimating the potential influence of biological factors on personality development.
• B) underestimating the extent to which people differ from one another.
• C) overestimating the consistency of behavior from one situation to another.
• D) overestimating the importance of reciprocal determinism on adult personality

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Definitions:

Self-report Measure

A type of psychological assessment where individuals provide subjective reports on their own thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and perceptions, commonly used in surveys and questionnaires.

Personality Psychology

The study of individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving.

Descriptive Statistics

Statistical procedures used to summarize, organize, and simplify data.

Mean

A measure of central tendency that is calculated by dividing the sum of values in a dataset by the number of values in the dataset, often referred to as the average.