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Psychology D-index 59 Citations 107,064 168 World Ranking 2658 National Ranking 1568

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Awards & Achievements

1964 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social psychology
  • Law
  • Social science

Gordon W. Allport spends much of his time researching Social psychology, Personality, Cognitive psychology, Prejudice and Epistemology. As part of his studies on Social psychology, he often connects relevant areas like Rumor. The concepts of his Personality study are interwoven with issues in Handwriting, Graphology, Movement and Interpretation.

His studies in Cognitive psychology integrate themes in fields like Id, ego and super-ego, Cognition, Lexical hypothesis, Trait and Positivism. His Prejudice study incorporates themes from Psychiatry and Medical emergency. His work in the fields of Action overlaps with other areas such as General theory and Population.

His most cited work include:

  • The Nature of Prejudice (12902 citations)
  • Personal religious orientation and prejudice. (3100 citations)
  • Personality: A Psychological Interpretation (2729 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Gordon W. Allport mainly focuses on Social psychology, Personality, Psychoanalysis, Prejudice and Epistemology. His Social psychology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Developmental psychology and Differential psychology. His research in Differential psychology intersects with topics in Asian psychology, Theoretical psychology and Critical psychology.

His work deals with themes such as Cognitive psychology and Clinical psychology, which intersect with Personality. His Psychoanalysis study incorporates themes from Applied psychology and Cross-cultural psychology. His Agreeableness study spans across into fields like Absorption and Personality Assessment Inventory.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social psychology (29.05%)
  • Personality (20.67%)
  • Psychoanalysis (13.41%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1958-2012)?

  • Social psychology (29.05%)
  • Personality (20.67%)
  • Psychoanalysis (13.41%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Social psychology, Personality, Psychoanalysis, Prejudice and Agreeableness are his primary areas of study. In general Social psychology, his work in Social encounter and Personality theory is often linked to Scale and Open system linking many areas of study. Big Five personality traits is closely connected to Developmental psychology in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Personality.

His Psychoanalysis research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Imagination, Human spirit, Law, Applied psychology and Cognitive science. The concepts of his Prejudice study are interwoven with issues in Epistemology, Theocracy, Convergence and Cross-cultural psychology. His studies in Personality psychology integrate themes in fields like Personality Assessment Inventory and Differential psychology.

Between 1958 and 2012, his most popular works were:

  • Personal religious orientation and prejudice. (3100 citations)
  • Pattern and growth in personality (2126 citations)
  • Personality: A Psychological Interpretation (1583 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • Social science

Gordon W. Allport focuses on Social psychology, Personality, Prejudice, Agreeableness and Developmental psychology. His Social psychology research incorporates elements of Epistemology and Theocracy. Gordon W. Allport has included themes like Handwriting and Social encounter in his Personality study.

His Prejudice study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Religiosity, Extrinsic religiosity, Religious orientation, Psychology of religion and Cognitive style. His Developmental psychology study combines topics in areas such as Big Five personality traits and Trait theory. The various areas that Gordon W. Allport examines in his Personality psychology study include School psychology, Personality Assessment Inventory, Personality judgment, Interpretation and Locus of control.

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Best Publications

The Nature of Prejudice

Gordon W. Allport.
(1954)

44943 Citations

Personality: A Psychological Interpretation

Gordon W. Allport.
(1962)

12502 Citations

Pattern and growth in personality

Gordon W. Allport.
(1961)

10210 Citations

Personal religious orientation and prejudice.

Gordon W. Allport;J. Michael Ross.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1967)

7583 Citations

Personality: A Psychological Interpretation

John G. Jenkins;Gordon W. Allport.
American Journal of Psychology (1938)

4563 Citations

Trait-names: A psycho-lexical study.

Gordon W. Allport;Henry S. Odbert.
The Psychological Monographs (1936)

4386 Citations

Becoming: Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality

Gordon W. Allport.
(1955)

3828 Citations

El hombre en busca de sentido

Viktor Emil Frankl;Gordon W. Allport.
El hombre en busca de sentido (1991)

3382 Citations

Toward a General Theory of Action.

E. K. Francis;Talcott Parsons;Edward A. Shils;G. Tolman.
American Sociological Review (1952)

2652 Citations

The Use of Personal Documents in Psychological Science

Gordon W. Allport.
(1942)

2015 Citations

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