Formal systems for assessing how people differ, particularly in their predispositions to respond in certain ways across situations, are called:
a. cognitive approaches
b. humanistic theories
c. psychodynamic approaches
d. trait theories
D
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a. wanted ... unwanted ... unwanted ... wanted b. unwanted ... wanted ... wanted ... unwanted c. wanted ... wanted ... unwanted ... unwanted d. unwanted ... unwanted ... wanted ... wanted
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