Allport believed that psychoanalysis probed too deeply into the unconscious and that more attention needed to be focused on conscious or visible motivations

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


ANS: T
FEEDBACK: Allport suspected that psychoanalysis probed the unconscious too deeply, as Freud tried to do with him. Psychology, Allport decided, should pay more attention to conscious or visible motivations. This was the path he chose for his study of personality.

Psychology

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