Which of the following statements is true of psychodynamic approaches to personality?
A. They emphasize people's inherent goodness and their tendency to move toward higher levels of functioning.
B. They focus on the external world in which a person lives and how external influences determine and affect personality.
C. They are based on the idea that personality is motivated by inner forces and conflicts about which people have little awareness and over which they have no control.
D. They support the argument that important components of a person's personality are inherited.
Answer: C
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