Question

Trait theories of personality:______ a. state that situational factors override personal characteristics. b. focus on how the unconscious mind influences personality. c. take a more optimistic view of human nature than humanistic psychologists do. d. focus on lasting personality characteristics.

Answer 1

The answer is D- Focus on lasting personality characteristics

Step-by-step explanation:

Trait theory of personality is one of the four theories of personality. It is also called Dispositional Theory. it istudies human personality, primarily in the measurement of traits. Trait theories show that the traits are always constant regardless of situations, they are relatively stable overtime, they differ across individuals, and influence behaviour. An individual does not have a single trait and individuals have a variety of trait which forms personality.