According to his personality theories every individual is unique and so his personality and his personality should be analyzed in the present. Gordon allport was born on november 11, 1897, in montezuma, indiana. Gordon allport was a very wellknown american psychologist who laid the foundations for personality psychology. Read full text articles or submit your research for publishing. With profound insight into the complexities of the human experience, harvard psychologist gordon allport organized a mass of research to produce a landmark study on the roots and nature of prejudice. Allport s most popular book is mans search for meaning. His father, a doctor, inspired allport s desire to help people through his experience with patients at their homebased doctors office.
Prejudice and allports scale gordon allport people who are aware of, and ashamed of, their prejudices are well on the road to eliminating them. First published in 1954, the nature of prejudice remains the standard work on discrimination. Full text of the nature of prejudice internet archive. Gordon allport, a major american psychologist of the midtwentieth century, made significant contributions to both personality and social psychology. Allport and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Gordon allport gordon allport, a psychologist, created allport s scale in 1954. The nature of prejudice is a 1954 social psychology book by american psychologist gordon allport, on the topic of prejudice. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Allport s the nature of prejudice is one of the most influential works ever written in the field of psychology. The book was written by gordon allport in the early 1950s and first published by addisonwesley in 1954. Pdf the nature of prejudice download full pdf book. Of all published articles, the following were the most read within the past 12 months. With his 1954 book the nature of prejudice, american psychologist gordon allport displays the crucial skill of reasoning, producing and organizing an argument that was persuasive enough to have a major impact not only in universities, but also on government policy.