If a psychologist is interested in understanding the thinking and feeling that underlie behavior, she should take the ________ approach to studying personality.

A) trait
B) humanism
C) cognitive
D) psychoanalytic

Cognitive

Pertains to the mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge and comprehension, including thinking, knowing, remembering, judging, and problem-solving.

Humanism

An intellectual movement originating in the Renaissance that emphasized the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively.

Psychoanalytic

Pertaining to a method of therapy and theory of personality developed by Freud, focusing on unconscious motives.