Allport

Who is considered one of the founding figures of personality psychology?

• Sigmund Freud
• Carl Rogers
• Gordon Allport
• B.F. Skinner

Allport emphasized the uniqueness of the individual through which approach?

• Nomothetic
• Idiographic
• Psychodynamic
• Behaviorist

Which of the following is NOT part of Allport’s classification of traits?

• Cardinal traits
• Central traits
• Secondary traits
• Operational traits

Cardinal traits are:

• Rare and dominate a person’s behavior
• Traits seen in everyone
• Culturally determined traits
• Traits only in childhood

Central traits are best described as:

• Superficial preferences
• Traits influencing most behavior
• Genetic traits
• Traits common in groups

Secondary traits refer to:

• Traits that emerge under pressure
• Traits seen only in children
• Situational or less consistent traits
• Traits developed from society

Allport distinguished between which two types of traits?

• Common and individual
• Inherited and learned
• Personal and shared
• Open and closed

Allport's concept of 'functional autonomy' suggests:

• Past motives determine present behavior
• All behavior is goal-directed
• Present motives are independent of past motives
• All behavior is unconscious

Which type of functional autonomy is based on interest in the activity itself?

• Perseverative
• Propriate
• Passive
• Reflexive

Which of the following is an example of perseverative functional autonomy?

• Continuing to jog because you love it
• Chewing gum out of habit
• Studying to achieve a long-term goal
• Painting as a form of self-expression