Trait theories of personality: a. state that situational factors override personal characteristics. b. focus on how the unconscious mind influences personality. c. take a more optimistic view of human nature than humanistic psychologists do. d. focus on lasting personality characteristics.

The answer is D- Focus on lasting personality characteristics

Explanation:

Trait theory of personality is one of the four theories of personality. It is also called Dispositional Theory. it istudies human personality, primarily in the measurement of traits. Trait theories show that the traits are always constant regardless of situations, they are relatively stable overtime, they differ across individuals, and influence behaviour. An individual does not have a single trait and individuals have a variety of trait which forms personality.

a punishment or the threat of punishment used to enforce conformity. enforcement of norms or shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations. social control. not everyone internalizes all of society's norms, and some people must be motivated by self-fulfillment.

intimacy, passion and commitment are the components of a interpersonal relationship emphasized in the triangular theory of love by robert sternberg.

the triangular theory of love says love can be comprehend as this componest form the vertices of a triangle.  

intimacy relates to feelings such as of closeness and connection;

passion relates the drives that brings people together, as physical attraction.

commitment relates to the being in a long-term relationship.