gordon allport

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Organizational Behaviour Presentationon Gordon Allport

Prepared By:-

Malhar Lakdawala Rohita Jain Sri Ram Shivendra Singh Vishvender Singh

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Gordon Allport

Born November 11, 1897, Montezuma, Indiana, U.S.

Father - John Edwards, a country doctor Mother – Nellie Allport, former school teacher Philosophy and values at home Characteristics of Gordon, as a kid

Shy, studious, isolated childhood Eight toes criticism As a teenager, he ran his own printing business,

while serving as editor of his high school newspaper

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Events in Chronological order

1915 : Graduated second in his class at Glenville High School at the age of 18

1919 : A.B. degree in Philosophy and Economics 1921 : Allport earned his Master's degree 1922 : Ph.D. in Psychology 1924 to 1926 : Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Married Ada Lufkin Gould, a clinical psychologist, and they had one

child, a boy, who later became a paediatrician 1931 : Establishment of Harvard's Sociology Department 1933 : Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1939 : President of the American Psychological Association 1943 : President of the Eastern Psychological Association 1944 : President of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social

Issues

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Publications and Recognition

Publications Personality Traits: Their Classification and

Measurement Letters from Jenny. The Individual and His Religion The Nature of Prejudice Becoming: Basic Considerations for Psychology of

Personality Recognition

In 1963, Allport was awarded the Gold Medal Award from the American Psychological Foundation

APA's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award

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Theory of Human Behaviour

Opportunistic Functioning Reactive Past-Oriented Biological

Propriate Functioning Pro-active Future Oriented Psychological

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The Proprium

Sense of body  Self-identity  Self-esteem  Self-extension  Self-image  Rational coping  Propriate striving

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The Nature of Prejudice(1954)

Pre conceived notions and negative attitude towards individuals and members of a group.

Roots in individual & social psychology, impacts the communities.

Allport’s scale of prejudice & discrimination(scale of 1-5)Antilocuti

on

Avoidanc

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Discrimination

Physical attack

Exterminati

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The Individual and his religion

Deep religious commitment as a mark of mature person Categorized religious orientation into two types

Extrinsic •Prejudiced•Self serving•Health disorders•Immature & short sighted

Intrinsic •Balanced, open minded•Better personal functioning•Strong psychological health•Strives towards long range goals

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Escalation Theory

Spoken Abuse

Avoidance Discrimination or Legalized

(Institutionalized) Racism

Violence Against People and Property

Extermination or Genocide

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Personality Trait Theory

Gordon Allport(1897 - 1967)

Identified 1000’s of

personality traits

grouping them into 3 categories

Cardinal Traits

Central Traits

Secondary Traits

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Thank You For

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