Allport: psychology of the individual

Question 1

Allport define ___ as “ the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical system that determine [ the person’s] behavior and thought.”

Answer 1

personality

Question 2

Allport distinguished between ____ traits, which permit inter-individual comparison, and personal dispositions.

Answer 2

common

Question 3

are so obvious and dominating that they cannot be hidden from other people.

Answer 3

cardinal disposition

Question 4

Few people have cardinal dispositions, but everyone has several ____ dispositions, which include the 5 to 10 most outstanding characteristics around which a person’s life focuses.

Answer 4

central

Question 5

Less conspicuous but far greater in number than central dispositions are the _______ _______.

Answer 5

secondary disposition

Question 6

Allport further divided personal dispositions into:

Answer 6

1. motivational disposition

2. stylistic disposition

Question 7

The ____ refers to all those behaviors and characteristics that people regard as warm and central in their lives.

Answer 7

proprium

Question 8

_____ functional autonomy, which tendency of certain basic behaviors ( such as addictive behaviors) to perseverate or continue in the absence of reinforcement.

Answer 8

perseverative

Question 9

_____ functional autonomy, which refer to self-sustaining motives (such as interests) that are related to proprium.

Answer 9

propriate