Professor Morales adopts a psychoanalytic conceptualization of personality.She believes that different personality types:
A)are genetically based traits.
B)simply are summary terms for a variety of learned behaviors.
C)arise from attempting to meet the needs of unconscious sexual desires.
D)emerge on our quest for self-actualization.

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According to the psychoanalytic approach, personality arises from attempting to meet the needs of unconscious sexual and aggressive desires. This includes the development of defense mechanisms to cope with anxiety and to protect the individual from painful thoughts and emotions. Therefore, personality types are not inherently genetic or simply learned behaviors but rather stem from the unconscious mind.

Professor Morales Adopts a Psychoanalytic Conceptualization of Personality