Dispositional, Biological, And Evolutionary Theori

Dispositional, biological, and Evolutionary theoriesName:Institution Affiliation:Personality theoriesThe Differences between Dispositional and Evolutionary/ Biological Personality TheoriesDispositional theories hold the assumptions that each individual has stable, long-standing temperament to display specific behaviors, emotions, and attitudes. Various dispositions in individuals appear in diverse circumstances, an important explanation why people act in predictable ways in many different settings in life. These theories further state that each person has a different set of characters of varying strengths, an explanation why different individuals in life portray unique patterns of behavior. Dispositional theories comprises of two theories namely, type theories, and trait theories. Evolutionary theory on the other hand examines how individual personality differences are- based on a natural selection (Feist & Gregory 2009). Through natural selection, organisms change over time through adaptations and selections. Behaviors in individuals according to evolutionary theory are- developed in relation with certain genes that come forth based on an organism’s environment and these behaviors help an organism’s survival and reproduction. Evolutionary theory is synonymous with Charles Darwin. Whereas dispositional theories focus on various set of specific behaviors, attitudes, and emotions, evolutionary theory focuses on how individual personality