Allport's concept of functional autonomy proposes that: a. ...

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Allport's concept of functional autonomy proposes that:
 
  a. forces that motivated us early in life become unrelated to their original circumstances.
  b. we are independent of psychological forces.
  c. the goal of adulthood is to replace cardinal traits with secondary traits.
  d. individuals will link their past to their present and the future.

Question 2

Allport believed that present and future behavior can best be explained in terms of the disconnect between past experiences and present motives through the concept of:
 
  a. functional autonomy.
  c. the epigenetic principle of maturation.
  b. psychosexual conflicts.
  d. instinctual drives.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
FEEDBACK: Allport's concept of functional autonomy proposes that the motives of mature, emotionally healthy adults are not functionally connected to the prior experiences in which they initially appeared. Forces that motivated us early in life become autonomous, or independent, of their original circumstances.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
FEEDBACK: Allport's concept of functional autonomy proposes that the motives of mature, emotionally healthy adults are not functionally connected to the prior experiences in which they initially appeared. It is the idea that motives in the normal, mature adult are independent of the childhood experiences in which they originally appeared.