Gordon allport was born in montezuma, indiana, in 1897, the youngest of four brothers. He contributed to the formation of values scales and rejected both a psychoanalytic approach to personality, which he thought often was. Pdf over the past 50 years, gordon allports views of personality, and of personality psychology as a science, have had a guiding and pervasive. Descargue como pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. Gordon willard allport november 11, 1897 october 9, 1967 was an american psychologist. Abstract this work presents gordon allports 1937 theorical placement in front. Description download gordon allport y su teoria comments. His work was a synthesis of individual personality traits and the traditional psychology of william james, which emphasized psychological traits.
Allport, 1939 apa presidential address allport created a highly influential threetiered hierarchy of personality traits, consisting of. Margaret alic gordon willard allport was one of the great personality theorists of the twentieth century. 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 rejected two of the dominant schools of thought in psychology at the time, psychoanalysis and behaviorism, in favor of his own approach that stressed the importance of individual differences and situational variables. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Central traits influence, but do not determine, an individuals behavior. Understanding gordon allports trait theory of personality. Gordon allport was one of the pioneer trait theorists who attempted to list the traits that make an individuals personality. We provide an overview of the type and trait theory of personality as developed by this famous psychologist.
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