Allport believed that there are only individual traits. He rejected the notion that we all share certain traits and just fall into a spectrum on them. Instead, he believed that everyone acquired different traits with different versions depending on the individual. 

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It is a predisposition to respond to stimuli in a very certain and specific way in accordance with each individual.  

Allport's Definition of a Trait

Olson, Matthew H., et al. An Introduction to Theories of Personality. 9th ed., Pearson, 2020. 

Reference

Allport's Individual Approach 

In his Personality theory, Allport found there to be 3 different kinds of traits:
-	Cardinal traits
-	Central traits
-	Secondary traits


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