Which of the Following Is True About the Trait Approach

question 54

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about the trait approach to personality?

• A) Trait researchers generally are not interested in understanding and predicting the behavior of a single individual.
• B) It is not easy to make comparisons across people with the trait approach.
• C) The trait approach has been responsible for generating a number of useful approaches to psychotherapy.
• D) Trait theorists place a greater emphasis on discovering the mechanisms underlying behavior than do theorists from other approaches to personality.

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Definitions:

Opposing Aspects

This term refers to contrasting elements or components within a system, theory, or phenomenon that exist in opposition to one another.

Individuation Process

A concept in psychology, particularly in analytical psychology, referring to the process of integrating different aspects of the consciousness and unconsciousness into a whole.

Uniting

The process of joining or coming together for a common purpose or action.

Transcendence

A term used in philosophy and psychology to describe the act of rising above something to a superior state, often associated with spiritual or self-improvement contexts.