Gordon Allport Young
Allport 1939 apa presidential address allport created a highly influential three tiered hierarchy of personality traits consisting of.
Gordon allport young. Under the gordon allport personality trait theory it is proposed that an individual will possess certain personality traits and that these traits form a partial foundation for their behavior. Allport was born in montezuma indiana the youngest of four sons of john edward and nellie edith wise allport. This resulted in allport developing a great interest in understanding human motivation impulses and personality resulting in his trait theory of personality.
This sparked allports interest in the field and especially in psychology. Present to varying degrees in all people. Some people for example are introverts.
When gordon was six years old the family had moved many times and finally settling in ohio. According to allport personal dispositions that are so dominating in ones life that they cannot be hidden are called. As a student gordon allport was influenced by his teacher muensterbergs conception of psychology as a dual discipline having both an objective causal and a subjective purposive side the word personality entered psychological terminology largely as a replacement for which older term.
A trait is a specific way of behaving. Central traits influence but do not determine an individuals behavior. It is an identifiable characteristic or habit.
He was the youngest of four brothers and was often described as shy but also hard working and studious. Gordon allport 1897 1967 was a well respected and influential american scholar in the psychology field. Consequently gordon allport and his siblings were exposed to the world of medicine from a very early age.
When allport was a young man he spent a year teaching in europe. His father was a doctor and worked out of his home. His early education was in the public schools of cleveland ohio.
His mother was a schoolteacher and his father was a doctor who instilled in allport a strong work ethic. Gordon allport was born in montezuma indiana on november 11 1897. Given a thimbleful of dramatic facts we rush to make generalizations as large as a tub.
On his return trip home he visited with his brother fayette and had a memorable meeting with. Gordon allport was one of the pioneer trait theorists who attempted to list the traits that make an individuals personality. It may be felt or expressed.
Allport came from a working family that valued health and education. Rare but strongly deterministic of behavior.