According to Allport's theory of ________________, many adult motives have an independence from their original source; e.g., childhood instincts may initiate eating but becoming a food critic is not related to those instincts even though it may have emerged from there.
a. motivational independence
b. motivational autonomy
c. functional autonomy
d. functional independence
Answer: c) functional autonomy
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a. enormous? altruism b. small? altruism c. enormous? courageous resistance d. small? courageous resistance
To evaluate the content validity of a new test for depression, a psychologist might check to see if:
a. it predicts who will develop depression within the next six months b. its scores tend to vary the way an accepted theory of depression would predict c. it samples a wide range of behaviors associated with depression d. it gives the same result if taken twice in a relatively short period of time
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A. ego B. anima C. id D. preconscious