According to Allport,life's ultimate and necessary goal is to

A) reduce tension.
B) fuse unique and common traits into personal dispositions.
C) maintain an optimal level of tension.
D) resolve childhood conflicts.

As highlighted in the text,self-presentational motivation describes the degree to which people are concerned with how others perceive them.When self-presentational motivation is low,people are not very concerned with how others view them; however,when self-presentational motivation is high,people are very concerned with ensuring that others have a particular image of them.