Mischel's basic argument (that began a great controversy) was that
A) knowing someone's personality traits does not allow one to predict that person's behavior in a particular situation.
B) the correlations between personality traits and behaviors are so high that it is redundant to study them both.
C) it is futile to look at the situation because behavior is almost completely determined by a person's traits.
D) "personality" is not correlated with any behavior.
E) none of these.
A
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