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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Allport believed that we needed to look at the motives of the ____
A
past
B
present
C
future
D
things that never happened
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Most people, Allport believed, are motivated by present drives rather than by past events and are aware of what they are doing and have some understanding of why they are doing it. He also contended that theories of motivation must consider the differences between peripheral motives and propriate strivings.

Detailed explanation-2: -Allport is best known for the concept that, although adult motives develop from infantile drives, they become independent of them. Allport called this concept functional autonomy. His approach favoured emphasis on the problems of the adult personality rather than on those of infantile emotions and experiences.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Allport, an individual’s personality is influenced by their childhood experiences, present environment, and the interaction between the two concepts; this was a groundbreaking hypothesis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Gordon Allport thought that as we age, we grow out of the personalities we had as an infant and establish a stable, adult personality.

Detailed explanation-5: -Allport’s definition of Personality. “Personality is the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to the environment.” ( 1937)

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