While Allport Wanted to Isolate the Person from the Environment

question 22

Multiple Choice

While Allport wanted to isolate the person from the environment to study personality, Mischel and Shoda focused on the

• A) biology and chemistry of behavior.
• B) situational context.
• C) person's physical attributes.
• D) person's emotions.

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Definitions:

Islands

Landforms that are completely surrounded by water but smaller than continents and completely isolated by water.

Existential Instantiation

A logical operation that moves from a statement about existence to a specific instance of that existence.

Universal Generalization

A logical inference stating that what is true for all members of a particular group or category.

Quantifier Negation

The process of reversing the scope of a quantifier in a logical expression, such as changing from "all" to "not all."