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Unit 7 – Motivation, Emotion, and Personality
Topic 7.10
What might limit trait theories' ability to predict human behavior consistently?
These theories place too much emphasis on unconscious motivations and drives influencing behaviour.
They rely heavily upon self-report measures, which are always accurate reflections of an individual’s behaviours or attitudes.
Trait theories may overlook the influence of situational variables, which can impact a person's behaviour differently at different times.
Trait theories entirely deny any genetic influence on human behaviour, delegitimating them as predictive models.
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