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tth · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Allport's image of human nature is:

a. highly pessimistic, as it is related to childhood experiences.
b. that the ultimate goal of life is to increase tension.
c. deterministic, allowing little free will in deliberations about the future.
d. one that denies a relationship between heredity and personality.

Question 2

Allport took a(n) _____ stance on the question of free will versus determinism.

a. extreme
c. moderate
b. fatalistic
d. radical

Joy Chen · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
FEEDBACK: To Allport, the ultimate and necessary goal of life is not to reduce tension, as Freud proposed, but rather to increase tension, impelling us to continually seek new sensations and challenges. When we have met one challenge, we are motivated to seek another.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Allport took a moderate stance on the question of free will versus determinism. He granted free choice in our deliberations about our future, but he also recognized that some behaviors are determined by traits and personal dispositions.