Gordon Allport Quiz

Where did Gordon Allport teach one of the first personality psychology classes in the US?

• Dartmouth

• Yale

• Princeton

• Harvard

Gordon Allport embraced a psychoanalytic approach to psychology.

• true

• false

What is Gordon Allport best know for?

• taking a humanistic approach to psychology

• Developing the Trait Theory

• teaching a personality psychology class at Yale

• focused on extroverted and introverted personalities

Which theorist also believed in the trait theory?

• Raymond Cattell

• Karen horney

• Sigmund Freud

• Alfred Adler

How many trait categories did Gordon Allport group his list of traits into?

• 4

• 5

• 2

• 3

What is a Central Trait?

• traits that are present under only certain circumstances. (such as getting nervous before a presentation)

• common traits that form your personality. Examples of these traits are Kindness and Honesty.

• these are traits that dominate your personality. This means you have only one trait not multiple.

Gordon Allport also introduced his theory on prejudice and discrimination.

• true

• false