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Dispositional Theories
Allport: Psychology of the Individual
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1. Allport had a memorable visit with ____________________ after completing a year teaching in Turkey.
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2. Allport’s major interest was on the _____________________ of personality, rather than the commonalties.
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3. _____________________ behavior is that which acts positively on the environment and allows people to grow toward psychological health.
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4. Allport was ______________________ in his approach to personality study, meaning that he was willing to use ideas from psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and other theoretical models.
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5. Allport defined personality as “the ________________ organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his characteristic behavior and thought.”
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6. Personal dispositions refer to ______________________ traits.
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7. Traits shared by many people are _______________________ traits.
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8. Allport would say that the Marquis de Sade had a ______________________ disposition, because his entire adult life revolved around a single motive.
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9. Most people have about 5 to 10 __________________________ dispositions.
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10. The manner in which people behave refers to their ____________________ traits.
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11. Motivational traits _______________________ action whereas stylistic traits guide action.
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12. The _______________________ includes all those behaviors and characteristics that we regard as peculiarly our own.
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13. Allport recognized two levels of functional autonomy: ___________________ and perseverative.
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14. To the extent that it seeks new _________________ , a motive is functionally autonomous.
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15. Allport believed that everyone has a sense of self, but only self-______________________ is a mark or psychological health.
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16. To Allport, psychologically mature people are ______________ of their behavior and the reasons for their behavior.
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17. Allport’s healthy individual would possess a _______________ philosophy of life.
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18. _______________________ approaches to science seek general laws whereas morphogenic procedures refer to the single case.
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19. Allport recognized a ____________________________ relationship between church attendance and prejudice.
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20. People with an _________________________ orientation toward religion see religion as a means to some end (for example, as a good way of meeting new people).




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