Lesson 2. SIX APPROACHES TO PERSONALITY

Question 1

argue that people’s unconscious minds are largely

responsible for important differences in their behavior style

Answer 1

Psychoanalytic approach

Question 2

identify where a person might lie along a continuum of various
personality characteristics

Answer 2

Trait approach

Question 3

point to the inherited dispositions and physiological

processes to explain individual differences to personality

Answer 3

Biological approach

Question 4

identify personal responsibility and feelings of self-acceptance
as the key causes of differences in personality

Answer 4

Humanistic approach

Question 5

explain consistent BEHAVIOR patterns as the result of conditioning and expectations.

Answer 5

Behavioral/social learning theory

Question 6

look at differences in the way people process information

to explain differences in behavior

Answer 6

Cognitive approach

Question 7

Position of the approaches to personality on three theory issues

Answer 7

1. Genetic versus environmental influences
2. Conscious versus unconscious determinants of behavior
3. Free will versus determination