Allport believed that in order to understand adult motives, we must study:
a. how genetics affects people.
c. why people behave as they do at present.
b. parent–child relationships.
d. childhood needs and frustrations.
ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Adult motives cannot be understood by exploring a person's childhood, as Freud believed. The only way to understand adult motives, Allport stressed, is to investigate why people behave as they do today.
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