Question

Which statement is true about the psychoanalytic theory of personality?

a. The biological basis of personality through evolution, genetics, and chemical processes; the importance of the brain and hormones significantly affects enduring characteristics or traits that last a lifetime.
b. Our inner nature and conflicts (hidden impulses, secret desires, and so on) and the delicate balance among them that maintains us as separate, thriving persons.
c. The creative and fulfillment model of personality: humans are neither negative nor neutral; they are positive, life-affirming creatures, destined to know themselves through exploration and cognitive control.
d. The external factors that drive the development of our actions; how our behaviors are reinforced, punished, or ignored greatly affects our growing sense of self.

Which statement is true about the cognitive-behavioral theory of personality?

a. The biological basis of personality through evolution, genetics, and chemical processes; the importance of the brain and hormones significantly affects enduring characteristics or traits that last a lifetime.
b. Our inner nature and conflicts (hidden impulses, secret desires, and so on) and the delicate balance among them that maintains us as separate, thriving persons.
c. The creative and fulfillment model of personality: humans are neither negative nor neutral; they are positive, life-affirming creatures, destined to know themselves through exploration and cognitive control.
d. The external factors that drive the development of our actions; how our behaviors are reinforced, punished, or ignored greatly affects our growing sense of self.

Answer 1

Which statement is true about the psychoanalytic theory of personality?

Our inner nature and conflicts (hidden impulses, secret desires, and so on) and the delicate balance among them that maintains us as separate, thriving persons.

Which statement is true about the cognitive-behavioral theory of personality?

The creative and fulfillment model of personality: humans are neither negative nor neutral; they are positive, life-affirming creatures, destined to know themselves through exploration and cognitive control.