Allport's concept of functional autonomy proposes that:
a. forces that motivated us early in life become unrelated to their original circumstances.
b. we are independent of psychological forces.
c. the goal of adulthood is to replace cardinal traits with secondary traits.
d. individuals will link their past to their present and the future.
ANS: A
FEEDBACK: Allport's concept of functional autonomy proposes that the motives of mature, emotionally healthy adults are not functionally connected to the prior experiences in which they initially appeared. Forces that motivated us early in life become autonomous, or independent, of their original circumstances.
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