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Which of the following statements about the trait approach to personality is correct?

The trait approach assumes people have relatively stable, measurable characteristics that help predict their behaviour across different situations. It differs from the psychodynamic view, which stresses unconscious conflicts, and from a purely situational view, which denies that stable personal characteristics determine behaviour.

  1. AIt argues that personality is formed mainly through unconscious childhood conflicts
  2. BIt assumes people have stable, measurable characteristics that predict how they behave across situationsCorrect
  3. CIt holds that behaviour is determined entirely by the situation a person is in, not by their characteristics

Explanation

Trait theories (such as Eysenck's and the Big Five) describe personality as a set of relatively stable, measurable dispositions that predict behaviour across situations. The first option describes the psychodynamic approach, and the third describes a purely situational view, which trait theory does not hold.

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