What did Gordon Allport think about traits? He thought they were like stages. He thought they were wired into the nervous system. He thought they were learned. He thought they were the result of cognitive modeling.

 Gordon Allport believed that traits were fundamental units of personality that were wired into the nervous system. Allport is one of the founding figures of personality psychology and proposed that traits are real and tangible elements within each person that guide their behavior. He categorized traits into three levels:

1. Cardinal traits - These are traits that dominate and shape a person's behavior; they are so pervasive that the person could be known especially for these traits.

2. Central traits - These are general characteristics that form the basic foundations of personality. They are the major characteristics you would use to describe another person.

3. Secondary traits - These are traits that are sometimes related to attitudes or preferences and often appear only in certain situations or under specific circumstances.

Allport's view diverges from other theories that traits are learned (like behaviorist theories) or the result of cognitive modeling. Instead, he saw them as biologically based, innate structures that influence how individuals perceive the world and behave, though he didn't ignore the influence of the environment on the development of traits.