Chapter 12 TF Flashcards
Allport’s principal concern was with the uniqueness of the individual.
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As a young man, Allport had a memorable meeting with Carl Jung.
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Allport questioned the reliability and validity of self-reports such as diaries and letters.
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Allport believed that psychoanalysis and animal-based learning theories were basically reactive theories.
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Allport made no apologies for his eclecticism.
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Allport’s personality theory was unique in its emphasis on conscious motivation.
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Allport regarded himself as a trait psychologist.
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Common traits are shared by several people.
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Common traits are also called personal dispositions.
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Each person has about four or five cardinal dispositions.
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Motivational dispositions initiate action.
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In the United States, driving on the right side of the road would be a peripheral aspect of personality.
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Allport’s most famous study of a single individual was of Marion Taylor, which he published in 1953.
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Allport’s most distinctive and controversial concept is that of functional autonomy.
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Allport’s theory of motivation emphasizes the drive-reduction hypothesis.
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Functional autonomous behaviors do not need constant reinforcement in order to maintain themselves.
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Allport’s theory of personality is based mostly on his clinical experiences as a therapist.
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Allport and Ross found a positive and direct correlation between church attendance and prejudice.
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People who endorse both intrinsic and extrinsic items on the Religious Orientation Scale are called indiscriminately proreligious.
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Allport’s concept of personality is basically optimistic and hopeful.
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