With reference to the features of trait approaches of personality select the TRUE statements.

A. This approach tries to discover the 'buildings blocks' of personality.
B. This approach attempts to identify the secondary characteristics of people.
C. This approach focuses on the specific psychological attributes along which people differ in stable ways.
D. This approach follows a bio-psycho-social perspective.
E. According to this approach people are put in a category based on their childhood experiences.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, B, C only

Trait Approaches : These theories are mainly concerned with the description or characterisation of basic components of personality. They try to discover the ‘building blocks’ of personality. Human beings display a wide range of variations in psychological attributes, yet it is possible to club them into smaller number of personality traits. Trait approach is very similar to our common experience in everyday life. For example, when we come to know that a person is sociable, we assume that s/he will not only be cooperative, friendly and helping, but also engage in behaviours that involve other social components. Thus, trait approach attempts to identify primary characteristics of people. A trait is considered as a relatively enduring attribute or quality on which one individual differs from another. They include a range of possible behaviours that are activated according to the demands of the situation.

The trait approach focuses on the specific psychological attributes along which individuals tend to differ in consistent and stable ways. For example, one person may be less shy, whereas another may be more; or one person may be less friendly, whereas another may be more. Here “shyness” and “friendliness” represent traits along which individuals can be rated in terms of the degree of presence or absence of the concerned behavioural quality or a trait.

Allport categorised traits into cardinal, central, and secondary.