Allport believed the best way to obtain reliable information on adult personality is through:
a. correlational approaches.
c. self-descriptions.
b. laboratory experiments.
d. dream analyses.
ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Allport argued that projective techniques, such as the Thematic Apperception Test and the Rorschach inkblot test, may present a distorted picture of the normal personality because they deal with unconscious forces that have little effect on the normal adult personality. He suggested that more reliable information could be obtained by simply asking people to describe themselves, a method that reveals their dominant traits.
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