PERSONALITY
TRAIT THEORIES
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Question
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all people either have or do not have a particular trait
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we all have the same traits
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an individual can have more or less of a particular trait
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traits are not stable
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to trait psychologists, there are a limited number of these dimensions (dimensions like Extraversion, Conscientiousness, or Agreeableness), and each individual falls somewhere on each dimension, meaning that they could be low, medium, or high on any specific trait.
Detailed explanation-2: -Personality traits reflect people’s characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Trait theory in psychology rests on the idea that people differ from one another based on the strength and intensity of basic trait dimensions.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many contemporary personality psychologists believe that there are five basic dimensions of personality, often referred to as the “Big 5” personality traits. These five primary personality traits are extraversion (also often spelled extroversion), agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following is true of the trait theories of personality? They stress that personality consists of broad, enduring dispositions that tend to lead to characteristic responses.