Cattell's goal in studying personality was to:

a. explore the unconscious.
c. change behavior.
b. predict behavior.
d. cure emotionally disturbed persons.


ANS: B
FEEDBACK: Cattell's goal in his study of personality was to predict how a person will behave in response to a given stimulus situation. Cattell was not interested in changing or modifying behavior from abnormal to normal.

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