Exam 7: Gordon Allport: Motivation and Personality

Perseverative functional autonomy is concerned with behaviors such as addictions, as well as repetitive physical actions (like habitual ways of performing some everyday task).

According to Allport, some behaviors such as reflexes, fixations, neuroses, and behaviors arising from biological drives can be explained by the principles of functional autonomy.

According to Allport, our uniqueness is determined by

The type of trait that influences every aspect of life is called a ____ trait.

Allport's conception of functional autonomy and independence holds that emotionally healthy adults are not tied or driven by childhood motives or conflicts.

Allport's theory presents a pessimistic view of adults who are out of control of their lives, irrationally attending to past situations, with no plans for the future, while being inactive in finding their identity.

According to Allport, we acquire new motives through

Allport's concept of functional autonomy proposes that

Allport's own childhood was characterized by

All of the following are criteria for a mature, emotionally healthy personality except

(A) Give a definition and age range for Allport's stages of development and (B) give a real-life example of each of the listed stages.

Allport's image of human nature

Allport's view of personality emphasized

What did Allport believe was the biggest difference between normal and abnormal people?

Allport cited the example of a well-fed rat continuing to run a maze for food as evidence for

Allport's concept of adulthood differed from previous views in picturing us as

One unusual assessment technique used by Allport was

Allport's view of personality development includes six criteria for the normal, mature, emotionally healthy adult personality. Explain in at least three rationales for Allport's justification to study the normal and healthy adult, rather than the abnormal and possibly dysfunctional adult.

Allport believed that present and future behavior can best be explained in terms of

Allport formulated a theory of personality development in which