What is a unique organization of characteristics that determines an individual's pattern of behavior?
a. Environment
b. Heredity
c. Personality
d. Experience
ANS: C
One definition of personality states that it is a unique organization of characteristics that determines the individual's typical or recurrent pattern of behavior.
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