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NClaborn

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Explain how traits are viewed from at least three different perspectives (besides the trait perspective).
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Which of the following statements best describes designer personalities?
 
  A) Chemical control of personality
  B) Desirable personalities that are created through therapy and counseling
  C) Undesirable personalities being banned from reproduction
  D) Undesirable traits being punished out of existence
  E) The striving to create one perfect personality



smrtceo

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Answer to Question 1

(1) Motive perspectiveassumes enduring motive dispositions.
(2) Psychoanalytic perspectivepeople derive stable personality qualities from childhood crises.
(3) Biological perspectivepeople inherit temperaments which form the basis of traits.
(4) Self-regulation perspectivepeople have individual differences (traits) that influence how well they self-regulate.

Answer to Question 2

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