Gordon W. Allport
Gordon W. Allport
Gordon Willard Allportwas an American psychologist. Allport was one of the first psychologists to focus on the study of the personality, and is often referred to as one of the founding figures of personality psychology. He contributed to the formation of Values Scales and rejected both a psychoanalytic approach to personality, which he thought often went too deep, and a behavioral approach, which he thought often did not go deep enough. He emphasized the uniqueness of each individual, and the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth11 November 1897
CountryUnited States of America
Personality is less a finished product than a transitive process. While it has some stable features, it is at the same time continually undergoing change.
We cannot know the young child's personality by studying his systems of interest, for his attention is as yet too labile, his reactions impulsive, and interests unformed. From adolescence onward, however, the surest clue to personality is the hierarchy of interests, including the loves and loyalties of adult life.
A prejudice, unlike a simple misconception, is actively resistant to all evidence that would unseat it.
Self-love, it is obvious, remains always positive and active in our natures.