Match List-I with List-II:
List-I
(A) lnteractional approach
(B) Type approach
(C) Trait approach
(D) Cultural approach
List-II
(I) Understands personality in relation to the features of ecological and cultural environment
(II) Focuses on identifying primary characteristics of the people
(Ill) Situational characteristics play an important role in determining our behaviour
(IV) Examines certain broad patterns in the observed behavioural characteristics of the approach individuals
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) - (IV), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (Ill)
(A) - (I), (B) - (IV), (C) - (II), (D) - (Ill)
(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)
(A) - (III), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)
(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)
The question explains various approaches to personality. The type approaches attempts to comprehend human personality by examining certain broad patterns in the observed behavioural characteristics of individuals. Each behavioural pattern refers to one type in which individuals are placed in terms of the similarity of their behavioural characteristics with that pattern. In contrast, the trait approach focuses on the specific psychological attributes along which individuals tend to differ in consistent and stable ways. The interactional approach holds that situational characteristics play an important role in determining our behaviour. Cultural approach attempts to understand personality in relation to the features of ecological and cultural environment.