Walter Mischel and His 1968 Book Personality and Assessment Are

question 4

Multiple Choice

Walter Mischel and his 1968 book Personality and Assessment are noteworthy because this work ________.

• A) provides the most cogent argument for why trait theory and psychodynamic theory should be integrated
• B) is credited with starting the person-situation debate by claiming that traits are not as important as situational factors in behavioral prediction
• C) provides the first published defense of trait theory against the situationist critique
• D) is the first modern research to begin to scientifically validate some of Freud's claims about the unconscious

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