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Introduction. There are many different theories on personality. Diverse approaches focus on different aspects of speculation. Humanists and Existentialists are more apt to focus on the perceptive part. They believe that much of what we are is way too multifarious and embedded in history and culture to "predict and control." Behaviorists and Freudians, on the other hand, favor to talk about prediction and control. In other words if a thought is useful, if it works, …

…believe that all the theories have some fact to them. The one I can most closely associate with is the genetic and environmental theory. I can see how genetics plays a role in a person's behavior and at the same time that person is influenced greatly by the environment. Reference: Augustine, The Free Choice of the Will Lahey, An Introduction to Psychology, Eighth Edition; McGraw Hill Companies, 2003 Mischel, Shoda, Smith: Introduction to Personality; UOPHX text