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Dispositional Theories
Allport: Psychology of the Individual
Multiple Choice Quiz
1
Allport's personality theory is marked chiefly by its emphasis on
A)
unconscious motivation.
B)
personality types.
C)
early childhood experiences.
D)
uniqueness.
2
Which term best describes Allport's approach to the study of personality?
A)
eclectic
B)
theoretical
C)
trait and factor
D)
behavioristic
3
In his study of personality, Allport emphasized
A)
cultural influences.
B)
the normal healthy person.
C)
group characteristics.
D)
factor analytic techniques.
4
According to Allport, people are motivated by
A)
a variety of drives.
B)
the need for self-actualization.
C)
the need to reduce tension and seek pleasure.
D)
the need for relatedness with others.
5
Allport insisted that the basic units of personality are
A)
common traits.
B)
cardinal traits.
C)
ergs and metaergs.
D)
personal dispositions.
6
Allport recognized which two kinds of traits?
A)
primary and secondary
B)
source and surface
C)
common and individual
D)
proactive and reactive
7
Personal dispositions
A)
are also called common traits.
B)
render different stimuli functionally equivalent.
C)
initiate and guide behavior.
D)
all of the above.
E)
only b and c are correct.
8
Cardinal dispositions
A)
are found in everyone.
B)
cannot be hidden.
C)
are also called central personal dispositions.
D)
are common traits.
E)
have been extensively studied in the psychology literature.
9
Secondary dispositions
A)
cannot be hidden.
B)
are not central to the person yet occur with some regularity.
C)
are those 5 to 10 personal dispositions that characterize most people.
D)
are common traits.
E)
are too weak to initiate action.
10
Which term is LEAST descriptive of Allport's approach to personality?
A)
personal disposition
B)
morphogenic
C)
types
D)
functional autonomy
E)
traits
11
Stylistic traits
A)
are intensely felt and initiate action.
B)
guide action.
C)
are usually cardinal traits.
D)
are common traits.
E)
both a and d.
12
The proprium is Allport's term for
A)
those behaviors and characteristics that people regard as central to their lives.
B)
the conscious portion of the ego.
C)
the unconscious portion of the ego.
D)
those behaviors and characteristics that people regard as belonging to the periphery of their lives.
13
According to Allport, people are motivated mostly by
A)
unconscious forces originating in childhood.
B)
the need for competence and superiority.
C)
both the need to adjust and the need to grow.
D)
both sex and aggression.
14
When motives change to self-sustaining interests, Allport would say that they have become
A)
extinct.
B)
needs.
C)
habituated
D)
functionally autonomous
E)
secondary drives.
15
Which of these did Allport NOT recognize as a criterion for an adequate theory of motivation?
A)
the contemporaneity of motives
B)
the pluralistic nature of motives
C)
a single master motive that unifies all behavior
D)
the cognitive processes of planning and attention
16
Propriate functional autonomy is Allport's
A)
master system of motivation.
B)
concept of unconscious motivation.
C)
explanation for pathological behaviors.
D)
concept of factor analysis.
17
According to Allport, the psychologically mature person would
A)
have a unifying philosophy of life.
B)
possess insight and humor.
C)
be motivated mostly by unconscious needs.
D)
both a and b.
E)
all of the above.
18
Allport assumed that people who attend church regularly may have
A)
an extrinsic religious orientation.
B)
an intrinsic religious orientation.an intrinsic religious orientation.
C)
both a and b.
D)
neither a nor b.
19
Research has suggested that people who score high on the Extrinsic scale of the Religious Orientation Scale
A)
are more prejudiced than those who score high on the Intrinsic scale.
B)
have less anxiety and better personal functioning than people who score high on the Intrinsic scale.
C)
have more anxiety and worse personal functioning than people who score high on the Intrinsic scale.
D)
both a and c.
20
Allport’s theory of personality is basically
A)
optimistic.
B)
reactive.
C)
causal.
D)
trait-oriented.
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