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Walter Mischel Has Argued That Personality Traits Are Not Particularly

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Walter Mischel has argued that personality traits are not particularly useful for predicting a specific behaviour. For example, extraversion doesn't always predict whether someone will go to a party on Saturday night. What do trait theorists argue, to refute Mischel's criticism?


A) Traits predict aggregate or average behaviour, even if they don't predict all specific instances.
B) Extraversion isn't useful for predicting social behaviour because it isn't a social trait.
C) Personality traits are descriptors of attitudes, not of behaviours.
D) Trait theories are about description, not about explanations for personality.

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