Environmental factors 3. Personality assessment is conducted with indirect or projective techniques because individuals are unaware of their need states or personality structure 2. Genetic or biological factors play an essential role in the development of personality 3. Conflicts between sexual and aggressive desires, the demands of society and the prohibitions of the superego form the heart of behavioural dynamics and 4. Personality assessment is conducted by direct questioning about reactions to certain events or through behavioural observation 2.
Personality development occurs through the formation and strengthening of particular habits.
Behavioural dynamics involve conflicts between competing habits and 4. Personality change occurs through the alteration of stimulus-response patterns through the use of reward or punishment. Personality assessment is conducted to understand the individual's construct system 2. Personality development is relatively neglected with the focus being firmly on the present construct system 3. Personality dynamics are based on the effect of thought on action and 4.