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Most theories of personality and temperament include statements about spontaneous and elicited behavior. We may refer to them as activity and reactivity statements. Personality theories are abstracted systems of dis-positional traits that predict behavior on qualitative or quantitative bases. The type of prediction and the database vary in different theories. Some do not include statements regarding physiological indicators while others neglect social factors.
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Lolas, F. (1993). Augmenting/Reducing: A Link Between Perceptual and Emotional Aspects of Psychophysiological Individuality. In: Hentschel, U., Smith, G.J.W., Ehlers, W., Draguns, J.G. (eds) The Concept of Defense Mechanisms in Contemporary Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8303-1_13
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