Gordon Allport

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Gordon Allport

• By Luján Rodriguez
• Psychology

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Birth and family

• Gordon Allport was an American psychologist, who
  was born in a little town, Montezuma, Indiana in
  1879.
• He was the youngest of four sons of John Edwards
  and Nellie Allport.  

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Early Years

• When he was about six, his family moved to Ohio.
  Gordons father was a doctor with his clinic and
  hospital in the family home.  
• Gordon and his brothers grew up surrounded by
  their father's patients, nurses, and medical
  equipment. This gave him an early idea of what
  he wanted to do when he grew up- a successful and
  important pshycologist.

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Growing Up

• During his teenage years, Allport had his own
  printing business.
• He graduated second in his class at High School
  in 1915 with scholarships that allowed him to
  attend Harvard College.

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Education

• Gordon attended Harvard University. Entering
  Harvard was not an easy transition for him since
  the moral values were different from those he
  learned at home. Gordon majored in economics and
  philosophy and earned degree in 1919.

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Starting an independent Life

• After graduating in 1919, Gordon moved to Turkey,
  where he taught economics and philosophy at
  Robert College, up until he returned back to
  Harvard to get his Master which he received in
  1921. 

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Becoming a psychologist

• Allport worked as an instructor in Psychology
  from 1924 to 1926 at Harvard University. He began
  teaching his course "Personality in 1924 it was
  probably the first course in Personality ever
  taught in the U.S.

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Based on his beliefs

• He believed that every person has a small number
  of specific traits that dominate in his or her
  personality.He called these a person's central
  traits.

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• He also said that as a child develops specific
  behavior and interactions becomes a part of the
  individual's personality.   

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Allports Trait Theory

• 1. Cardinal trait - This is the trait that
  dominates and shapes a person's behavior.
• 2. Central trait - These are the basic building
  blocks that shape most of our behavior. An
  example of a central trait would be honesty.
• 3. Secondary trait - These are characteristics
  seen only in certain circumstances (such as likes
  or dislikes that a very close friend may know).

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Working as a Psychologist

• Gordon wrote a lot of books such as
  Personality A Psychological Interpretation.This
  book was the first book to ever define which
  topics should be covered when studying
  personality.

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MORE books

• The Individual and His Religion
• The Nature of Prejudice

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Late Life

• After going teaching introductory courses on
  social psychology and personality at Dartmouth
  College for four years, Allport returned to
  Harvard and remained there for the rest of his
  career.

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Video

• http//www.bing.com/videos/search?qvideosofgord
  onallportdocid1217357218541FORMVIRE

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Bibliography

• Information
• http//allpsych.com/personalitysynopsis/allpo
  rt.html  
• http//www.psych.westminster.edu/psy311/allpo
  rt/ppframe.htm
•  http//shrike.depaul.edu/kmerz/index.htm
• http//webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/allport.html
  
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_AllportB
  ibliography
• Photos
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• http//www.nonformality.org/blog/wp-content/upload
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