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Motives and goals (which delve a bit deeper into personality than simple personailty traits) should be considered characteristic adaptations. As you probably know, the psychology of personality is divided into several "levels" of personality - the first level being dispositional traits (for example, the Big 5) and the second level being constructed of characteristic adaptations, which are similar to dispositional traits, but are more specific and changeable and are contextualized over time and as a person begins to understand their societal role. (Beginning in late/middle childhood and continuing from there.) Motives are usually considered to be part of the unconscious (traits are conscious) and goals are merely steps to satisfy those motives. Therefore, motives and goals are characteristic adaptations.

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