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Psychologists have conflicting view about the nature of personality because…

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Personality is a complex topic

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The person who emphasized most the process of “ever-unfolding of one’s self”

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Carl Rogers

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This is the term used to indicate the ability of a theory to be confirmed or disconfirmed

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Falsifiable

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4
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“The simplest answer is usually the best” is a statement related to

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Law of Parsimony

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5
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As opposed to causality, ______ holds that behavior is seen in terms of future goals or purposes

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Teleology

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The idea that personality is mostly shaped during the first years of childhood is a/an ____ notion

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Psychoanalytic

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7
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Freud focused on the first 4 to 6 ______ of the life of an individual while Melani Klein focused on the first 4 to 6 ______

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Years; Months

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When an individual meshes or combines different theories together and applies them in varying degrees, that individual is said to have a/an ______ approach

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Eclectic

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The personality theorist who placed the most emphasis on mysticism

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Alfred Hitchcock

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10
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Who is LEAST likely to believe in the prospect of a proactive life?

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B.F. Skinner

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