Allport's own childhood was characterized by:

a. a doting mother.
c. a punitive and demanding father.
b. feelings of isolation.
d. many playmates and friends.


ANS: B
FEEDBACK: Too young to be a playmate to his older brothers, Allport was isolated from children outside the family as well. "I fashioned my own circle of activities," he wrote later. "It was a select circle, for I never fitted the general boy assembly."

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