Chapter 7: Allport: Personological Trait Theory

Functional Autonomy Religious Orientation SUGGESTED READING: Allport, G. W. (1950). The individual and his religion: A psychological interpretation. New York: Macmillan. [Allports classic and influential contribution.] Batson, C. D., Floyd, R. B., Meyer, J. M., & Winner, A. L. (1999). And who is my neighbor?: Intrinsic religion as a source of universal compassion. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 38, 445457. Hester, M. P. (1998). The status of psychology of religion: An interview with Raymond F. Paloutzian. Teaching of Psychology, 25, 303306. [Mentions Allports work and later developments: religion as a quest, religion and means and ends, and integration of both perspectives for full spirituality.] Prejudice SUGGESTED READING: Katz, I. (1991). Gordon Allport's The Nature of Prejudice. Political Psychology, 12, 125157. [Discusses Allport's analysis of racial prejudice from the perspective of historical experience, including affirmative action and school busing.] Study of Values SUGGESTED READING: Robinson, J. P., Shaver, P. R., & Wrightsman, L. S. (1991). Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes. New York: Academic Press. Expressive Measures of Personality (Handwriting Analysis) SUGGESTED READING: Wellingham-Jones, P. (1989). Evaluation of the handwriting of successful women through the Roman-Staempfli Psychogram. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 69, 9991010. Historical Importance of Allport for Personality Theory and Humanism SUGGESTED READING: DeCarvalho, R. J. (1990). Contributions to the history of psychology: LXIX. Gordon Allport on the problem of method in psychology. Psychological Reports, 67, 267275. DeCarvalho, R. J. (1991). Gordon Allport and humanistic psychology. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 31(3), 813. Zuroff, D. C. (1986). Was Gordon Allport a trait theorist? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 9931000.