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According to Allport, our uniqueness is determined by:
 
  a. our childhood experiences.
  c. the conflict between the id and the superego.
  b. the organismic valuing process.
  d. our genetics and learning.

Question 2

Allport viewed personality as:
 
  a. purely a mental process.
  c. an interaction of mind and body.
  b. randomly changing and growing.
  d. controlled entirely by instincts.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
FEEDBACK: To support his emphasis on the uniqueness of the individual personality, Allport stated that we reflect both our heredity and our environment. In this way, Allport invokes both personal and situational variables to indicate the importance of both genetics and learning.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Allport reviewed some 50 definitions of personality before offering his own. Allport defined personality as, Personality is the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine  characteristic behavior and thought. Psychophysical means that personality is composed of both mind and body functioning together as a unit.


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