What Was a Major Problem with the Trait Approach to Leadership

question 82

Multiple Choice

What was a major problem with the trait approach to leadership?

• A) The results were too innovative and thus were not taken seriously at the time.
• B) The results were too inconsistent and thus not very practical.
• C) The results were not very inspiring and thus ignored.
• D) The results were found to be too pessimistic and thus were dismissed as useless.
• E) The results were too worshipful of certain leaders and thus were dismissed as irrelevant.

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Definitions:

Bioecological Theory

A framework for understanding human development that considers the complex interactions between individuals and their varying environments, proposed by Urie Bronfenbrenner.

Russian Dolls

A set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another, often used metaphorically to represent complex layers of personality or nested structures.

Nested

Objects or concepts placed inside one another, often referring to data structures in programming or hierarchical ordering in systems.

Abraham Maslow

An American psychologist best known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority.