Chapter 12 FIB Flashcards
After teaching a year in Turkey, Allport had a memorable visit with ____________________ .
Freud
Allport’s major interest was in the _____________________ of personality, rather than the commonalties.
uniqueness
Allport emphasized _____________________ behavior rather than reactive behavior.
proactive
Allport was ______________________ in his approach to personality study, meaning that he was willing to use ideas from psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and other theoretical models.
eclectic
Allport defined personality as “the ________________ organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his characteristic behavior and thought.”
dynamic
More than any other personality theorists, Allport emphasized ____________________ motivation.
conscious
To Allport, psychologically mature people are ______________ of their behavior and the reasons for their behavior.
conscious (aware)
Allport’s healthy individual would possess a _______________ philosophy of life.
unifying
Allport believed that the average person has about 5 to 10 ___________________ traits.
central
Traits shared by many people are called ______________ traits.
common
Allport would say that the Marquis de Sade had a ____________ disposition, because his entire adult life revolved around a single motive.
cardinal
Allport would agree with Adler and Maslow that psychologically healthy people would have high levels of __________________.
social interest
The manner in which people behave refers to their ______ traits.
stylistic
Motivational traits ___________ action, whereas stylistic traits guide action.
initiate
The ___________includes all those behaviors and characteristics that we regard as peculiarly our own.
proprium
