In his concept of jackdaw eclecticism, Allport warned against

A) including psychoanalytic concepts in personality theory.
B) accepting ideas without careful selection to determine what is valuable and what is not.
C) basing personality theory on animal research.
D) basing personality theory on studies that include only males.


Answer: B

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