Personality Theorists Have Identified Five Universal Personality Traits

question 174

Multiple Choice

Personality theorists have identified five universal personality traits. Proponents of ____________ theory believe that these traits were useful to our ancestors.

• A)sexual strategies
• B)social structure
• C)evolutionary personality
• D)strategic pluralism
• E)genetic determinism

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Definitions:

Optimal Conditions

Circumstances or environments that provide the best possible situation for a specific process or activity to occur.

Child Development

The physical, cognitive, social, and emotional growth that occurs from birth through late adolescence.

Middle Ages

A historical period in Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance.

Age of Reason

A developmental stage where children begin to think logically about concrete events and understand the concept of cause and effect.