Allport's concept of functional autonomy asserts that
A) healthy people can function without much help.
B) childhood is the most important period for the formation of personality.
C) traits should be understood in terms of the present, rather than in terms of their origins.
D) once a good statistical method is available, theory is no longer necessary.

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Allport's concept of functional autonomy suggests that motives in the adult are independent of the childhood experiences from which they originally derived. It emphasizes understanding traits in their current function, not their historical origins.

Allport's Concept of Functional Autonomy Asserts That