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Trait theorists do not assume that some people have a certain trait and others do not; rather, they propose that all people possess certain traits, but that the degree to which a given trait applies to a specific person and can be .
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By statistically combining trait questionnaire responses and computing which traits are associated with one another in the same person, a researcher can identify the most fundamental patterns or combinations of traits that underlie participants' responses; this process is called .
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According to B. F. Skinner, similarities in responses across different situations are caused by similar patterns of that have been received in such situations in the past.
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may lead to a cycle of failure, in which past failure breeds future failure.
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Instead of seeing people as controlled by unconscious forces, a set of stable traits, reinforcements, or inherited factors, emphasize people's basic tendency to grow to higher levels of functioning.





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