ALLPORT MC Flashcards
Allport’s personality theory is marked chiefly by its emphasis on
a. unconscious motivation.
b. personality types.
c. early childhood experiences.
d. uniqueness of the individual.
d
This term best describes Allport’s approach to the study of personality.
a. eclectic
b. theoretical
c. trait and factor
d. behavioristic
a
In his study of personality, Allport emphasized
a. cultural influences.
b. the normal healthy person.
c. group characteristics.
d. factor analytic techniques.
b
According to Allport, people are motivated by
a. a variety of drives.
b. the need for self-actualization.
c. the need to reduce tension and seek pleasure.
d. the need for relatedness with others.
a
Allport insisted that the basic units of personality are
a. common traits.
b. cardinal traits.
c. types.
d. personal dispositions.
d
According to Allport, the psychologically mature person would
a. have a unifying philosophy of life.
b. lack a sense of humor.
c. be motivated mostly by unconscious needs.
d. none of these.
e. all of these.
a
Allport recognized these two kinds of traits:
a. primary and secondary
b. source and surface
c. common and individual
d. proactive and reactive
c
Personal dispositions
a. are also referred to as common traits.
b. make various stimuli functionally equal.
c. initiate and guide the behavior of individuals.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.
b
cardinal dispositions
a. are found in everyone.
b. cannot be hidden.
c. are also called central personal dispositions.
d. are common traits.
e. have been extensively studied in the psychology literature.
b
Secondary dispositions
a. cannot be hidden.
b. are not central to the person yet occur with some regularity.
c. are those 5 to 10 personal dispositions that characterize most people.
d. are common traits.
e. are too weak to initiate action.
b
This term is LEAST descriptive of Allport’s approach to personality.
a. personal disposition
b. morphogenic
c. types
d. functional autono
c
Stylistic traits
a. are intensely felt.
b. guide action.
c. are usually cardinal traits.
d. are common traits.
b
The proprium is Allport’s term for
a. those behaviors and characteristics that people regard as central to their lives.
b. the conscious portion of the ego.
c. the unconscious portion of the ego.
d. those behaviors and characteristics that people regard as belonging to the periphery of their lives.
a
According to Allport, people are motivated mostly by
a. unconscious forces originating in childhood.
b. the need for competence and superiority.
c. both the need to adjust and the need to grow.
d. both sex and aggression.
c
When motives change to self-sustaining interests, Allport would say that they have become
a. extinct.
b. needs.
c. habituated.
d. functionally autonomous.
e. secondary drives.
d