These are less concerned with the explanation for personality development and changing personality than they are with describing personality and predicting behavior based on that description.

TRAIT THEORIES

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A	Trait Theories
B	Freudians
C	Humanists
D	Behaviorists

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The trait personality theory emphasizes the characteristics of the personality and is less concerned with the development of the personality.

Detailed explanation-2: -Many theories have been proposed to describe and explain human personality. Four of the most prominent are the psychoanalytic, humanistic, trait, and social-cognitive perspectives.

Detailed explanation-3: -Classic theories of personality include Freud’s tripartite theory and post-Freudian theory (developmental stage theories and type theories) and indicate that most personality development occurs in childhood, stabilizing by the end of adolescence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Trait theorists are primarily interested in the measurement of traits, which can be defined as habitual patterns of behaviour, thought, and emotion.

Detailed explanation-5: -Gordon Allport’s trait theory: Trait theorist Gordon Allport broke down personality characteristics into three main categories: cardinal traits, central traits, and secondary traits.

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AP PSYCHOLOGY

PERSONALITY

TRAIT THEORIES