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projective tests is mixed.
EXERCISES AND CRITICAL THINKING- Consider your own personality and those of people you know. What traits do you enjoy in other people, and what
traits do you dislike? - Consider some of the people who have had an important influence on you. What were the personality characteristics
of these people that made them so influential?
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