Personality: Theories & Types
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According to Gordon Allport's trait theory, under which category are those specific and limited traits of personality placed that appear in a person's behavior only in certain specific situations or contexts and whose influence is not broadly seen across their entire life?
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Gordon Allport divided traits into three levels to define personality in his trait theory: Cardinal traits that dominate the entire life, Central traits that are the general and primary basis of personality, and Secondary traits that are less important and appear only in specific situations.
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