AP PSYCHOLOGY

PERSONALITY

TRAIT THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is a perspective of personality?
A
an approach that aims to understand which trait every individual has
B
an approach to describing and explaining the origins and development of personality
C
an opinion that theorists have on the idea of traits
D
what people think of others personal traits
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The four perspectives of personality theory are: 1-Humanistic perspective. 2-Social cognitive perspective. 3-Trait perspective. 4-Psychoanalytical perspective.

Detailed explanation-3: -The study of personality can be said to have its origins in the fundamental idea that people are distinguished by their characteristic individual patterns of behaviour-the distinctive ways in which they walk, talk, furnish their living quarters, or express their urges.

Detailed explanation-4: -Psychoanalytic, humanistic, trait perspective and behaviorist theory are the four main personality theories.

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