ABSTRACT
Allport, Maslow, and Murray utilize concepts that are at a higher level of generality and complexity than need or personal disposition. In these very general concepts, even more than in the relatively concrete ones, we can discern the assumptions that the three theorists have made concerning the nature of man. By and large, the portions of their theories to be considered here are less clearly delineated than those in the previous section; hence it will not be profitable to attempt the detail of presentation and comparison that was possible earlier.
