Although Scott is not generally a sociable person, he can be, when he is with people that he knows quite well. Gordon Allport would consider Scott's sociability to be a ____.

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Gordon Allport categorized traits into three levels: cardinal, central, and secondary. Secondary traits are less consistent and more dependent on the situation, such as Scott's sociability, which only emerges around well-known people. Central traits, on the other hand, are more general characteristics that define an individual's behavior across situations, while cardinal traits are those that dominate and shape all of a person's behavior, which is not the case here. Primary trait is not a term used by Allport in his trait theory.

Although Scott Is Not Generally a Sociable Person, He Can