One team of researchers improved its ability to predict behavior from personality measures by dividing participants into traited and untraited groups. This approach is similar to that advocated earlier by
A) Gordon Allport.
B) Raymond Cattell.
C) Carl Jung.
D) Henry Murray.

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Gordon Allport was an early advocate for the trait approach to personality and emphasized the importance of understanding individual differences in personality. Allport argued that individuals could be characterized by their unique combination of traits, and that these traits could predict behavior. The approach used by the researchers in the question, dividing participants into traited and untraited groups, is consistent with Allport's approach to understanding personality.

One Team of Researchers Improved Its Ability to Predict Behavior