One response to Mischel's critique asserts that a fair review of the research on the predictability of behavior from personality traits would likely indicate that

A) behavior can never be reliably predicted from personality variables.
B) the predictability of behavior from personality traits is better than Mischel acknowledged.
C) the predictability of behavior from situations is worse than the predictability from personality.
D) Mischel was right that personality traits are unpredictable from behavior.

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jakob feicht · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  Mischel's critique of personality psychology suggested that behavior is too inconsistent across different situations for personality traits to predict behavior reliably. However, one response to this critique is that a fair review of the research would show that the predictability of behavior from personality traits is actually better than Mischel acknowledged, indicating that personality traits do have a significant and consistent influence on behavior.

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