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.
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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