According to Allport, _____ describes a striving for consistency and integration of the personality
a. propriate patterning
c. primary-process thought
b. observational learning
d. operant conditioning
ANS: A
FEEDBACK: Our propriate functioning is an organizing process that maintains our sense of self. This organizing process is governed by the following three principles: organizing the energy level, mastery and competence, and propriate patterning. The third principle, propriate patterning, describes a striving for consistency and integration of the personality.
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