Discuss the major difference between types and traits
What will be an ideal response?
TYPES: Categories of membership that are distinct or discontinuous.
TRAITS: People differ on continuous variables. They differ in amounts of various qualities, i.e., the basic differences between people are quantitative rather than qualitative.
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a. an inductive method. b. a deductive method. c. a power method. d. a love withdrawal method.
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a. that are only partly concealed. b. that she sees being totally covered. c. in the locations where they were last seen. d. that were invisibly moved from where she last saw them.
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