What is the trait approach to personality?
a. Assumes that people are motivated by unconscious emotional conflicts
b. Assumes that each individual has stable personality characteristics
c. Assumes that people's thoughts and beliefs are central to personality
d. Assumes that people have an innate tendency to become self-actualized
e. Assumes that people are motivated by conflicts originating in childhood
Ans: b. Assumes that each individual has stable personality characteristics
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