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Identify the BAS and the behavioral inhibition system. Then briefly describe each system's function.
 
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Discuss the major difference between types and traits.
 
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Answer to Question 1

(1) BAS: Arouses person to move toward desired incentives; involved in any approach tendency and responsible for positive emotions.
(2) Behavioral inhibition system: Causes person to inhibit movement toward goals; responsive to cues of punishment and responsible for feelings of anxiety; involved in any avoidance or inhibition tendency.

Answer to Question 2

TYPES: Categories of membership that are distinct or discontinuous.
TRAITS: People differ on continuous variables. They differ in amounts of various qualities, i.e., the basic differences between people are quantitative rather than qualitative.



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