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Psychologists have conflicting view about the nature of personality because…
Personality is a complex topic
The person who emphasized most the process of “ever-unfolding of one’s self”
Carl Rogers
This is the term used to indicate the ability of a theory to be confirmed or disconfirmed
Falsifiable
“The simplest answer is usually the best” is a statement related to
Law of Parsimony
As opposed to causality, ______ holds that behavior is seen in terms of future goals or purposes
Teleology
The idea that personality is mostly shaped during the first years of childhood is a/an ____ notion
Psychoanalytic
Freud focused on the first 4 to 6 ______ of the life of an individual while Melani Klein focused on the first 4 to 6 ______
Years; Months
When an individual meshes or combines different theories together and applies them in varying degrees, that individual is said to have a/an ______ approach
Eclectic
The personality theorist who placed the most emphasis on mysticism
Alfred Hitchcock
Who is LEAST likely to believe in the prospect of a proactive life?
B.F. Skinner