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3. Assumes that each person has a unique psychological structure and that
some traits are possessed by only one person.
IDIOGRAPHIC
4. Emphasizes comparability among individuals. This viewpoint sees traits
as having the same psychological meaning in everyone
NOMOTHETIC
5. Theory that proposed a theory of personality based on biological factors,
arguing that individuals inherit a type of nervous system that affects their
ability to learn and adapt to the environment.
EYSENCK’S PERSONALITY THEORY
6. Theory that emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual and the internal
cognitive and motivational processes that influence behavior.
ALLPORT’s TRAIT THEORY
7. This refers to the influences on your personality that you are born with.
They are in your genes and there is not much you can do to change
these traits.
HEREDITY
8. The individual’s emotional response and sensitivities.
TEMPERAMENT
9. Theory that it was a result of a series of stages during childhood. He
believed that the development process involved a pleasure-seeking
source that revolved around psychosexual energy.
FREUD