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ADA President 1886-1887: Walter Webb Allport
No full textDoctor Allport, of Chicago, was elected twenty-sixth president of the Association at the 1886 meeting at Niagara Falls. He had served as president of the preliminary convention of the Association in 1859, also held at Niagara Falls. Doctor Allport opened his dental practice in Chicago in 1854. Over the years he excelled as a practitioner, essayist, teacher and speaker. He firmly believed that dentistry was a specialty of medicine and was the author of a resolution, adopted by the American Medical Association, calling for preliminary and professional education in dentistry equal to that of the best medical colleges. Doctor Allport was considered the originator of the World\u27s Columbian Dental Congress, held in Chicago in 1893. He was born in New York in 1824 and died in 1893
The LIDA Allport agent's cycle times at which the agent did not perceive movement (n = 12).
No full text<p>The LIDA Allport agent's cycle times at which the agent did not
perceive movement (n = 12).</p
Gordon W. Allport en los orígenes de una Psicología moral basada en rasgos de personalidad.
No full textThis essay presents the position of Gordon Allport (1937) towards the conclusions of Harshorne and May's Character Education Inquiry (1928-1930). This American psychologist offers an alternative to the 'conductism' of these authors, to explain moral conduct based on a psychology of traits, in other words, from the constancy guaranteed by the personality traits of the subjects. The issue is situated, in general terms, in the controversy between situationists and generalists among the theorists of personality psychology. Allport is a clear supporter of the generalist position against the 'situationism' of the conductists. RESUMEN En este trabajo se presenta el posicionamiento de Gordon Allport (1937) frente al situacionismo del Character Education Inquiry de Harshorne y May (1928-1930). Aquel psicólogo americano ofrece una alternativa al conductismo de éstos para explicar la conducta moral basándoseen una psicología de los rasgos, es decir, a partir de la constancia que garantizan los rasgos de personalidad de los sujetos. La cuestión está situada, a nivel general, en el contexto de la polémica entre situacionistas y generalistas de los teóricos de la psicología de la personalidad. Allport opta claramente por la posición generalista frente al situacionismo de corte conductista
Intergroup contact: when does it work and why?
No full textThs chapter analyses: Allport's views on contact; the developments of the contact hypothesis since Allport; a new framework: how does intergroup contact work?; the support to Allport's hypothesis; future directions of intergroup contact
Floyd Allport and the Master Problem of Social Psychology
No full text Throughout this century social psychology has tended to swing between an individualistic orientation and an emphasis on group processes. Floyd Allport over a span of 50 yr. has wrestled with the problem of the appropriate approach of social psychology to its subject matter, labelling the question “the master problem.” Issues relating to assumptions, methods, and units of observation are discussed, and the development of trends in this dichotomization are traced. Allport's individualistic behaviorism is pitted against other theorists of moderate and opposing opinions. It is argued that Sherif's group-approach anchors the other end of the continuum. Finally an argument is presented that the two theorists are not irreconcilable, and that each position has ultimately led to a similar description of collectivities. </jats:p
Presentación de : allport "Toward a science of public opinion"
No full textPresentación de la figura y del texto "Hacia una Ciencia de la opinión pública" de Floyd H. Allport, en que describe un conjunto de ficciones y callejones sin salida sobre la utilización del concepto opinión pública, para posteriormente detallar los acuerdos comunes y distinciones analíticas con el propósito de habilitar el concepto de opinión pública para el uso científico.Presentation of the figure and of the Floyd H. Allport's "Toward a Science of public opinion". In this presentation we describe a group of fictions and "culde-sacs" on the utilisation of the "public opinion" concept. Later we detail the common agreements and the analytical distinctions with the purpose to enable this concept for scientific use
[Review of] Leonore Loeb Adler and Uwe P. Gielen. Cross-Cultural Topics on Psychology
No full textIt has been over forty years since Gordon Allport published The Nature of Prejudice (Cambridge, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1954). To Allport, sociocultural factors play an important role in our prejudice, especially when we do not understand cultural differences. However, Allport\u27s book dealt little with cross-cultural research. Fortunately, Leonore Loeb Adler and Uwe P. Gielen, two experts in cross-cultural research, have presented us with their recent study on how cultural understanding helps us to be more open-minded
The Nature of Prejudice
No full textThis book is the standard work on discrimination. With profound insight into the complexities of the human experience, Harvard psychologist the author organized a mass of research to produce a landmark study on the roots and nature of prejudice. Allport's comprehensive and penetrating work examines all aspects of this age-old problem: its roots in individual and social psychology, its varieties of expression, its impact on the individuals and communities. He explores all kinds of prejudice -- racial, religious, ethnic, economic and sexual -- and offers suggestions for reducing the devastating effects of discrimination.
First published in 1954, The Nature of Prejudice remains the standard work on discrimination. 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 comprehensive and penetrating work examines all aspects of this age-old problem: its roots in individual and social psychology, its varieties of expression, its impact on the individuals and communities. He explores all kinds of prejudice -- racial, religious, ethnic, economic and sexual -- and offers suggestions for reducing the devastating effects of discrimination
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