Behavioral dispositions change from time to time and place to place. A trait is the tendency of an individual to act consistently in a characteristic way it is a cross-situated individual difference. For example, if a person is happy most of the time, then happiness would be one of the person’s traits. Trait theories tend to identify a manageable number of personality characteristics that can represent fundamental personality differences. Traits are hierarchically organized. The …showed first 75 words of 467 total…

…showed last 75 words of 467 total…is a mix of multiple genotypes each searching for and creating and optimal environment. The different functioning of which in different people yields our manifest diversity in behavior and experience. Diversifying one’s investment in offspring, if one fails the other might succeed. Basically, personality traits are used in survival strategies; they are alternative problem solving strategies. One or the other personality trait might be more successful in acquiring an aim in a certain situation.