To encourage an "idiographic" rather than "noÂ·moÂ·thetic" approach to psychology, this man rigorously identi ed eight central dispositions in 301 letters from grieving mother Jenny Masterson.
During World War II, this man headed the APA's committee to settle refugee psychologists like Kurt Lewin from Nazi Germany. To encourage an "idiographic" rather than "noÂ·moÂ·thetic" approach to psychology, this man rigorously identi ed eight central dispositions in 301 letters from grieving mother Jenny Masterson. With Philip Vernon and Gardner Lindzey, this man devised a scale to measure an individual's values system along six dimensions. Wartime fearmongering inspired this man to work with Leo Postman on an experiment that de ned the roles of "leveling" and "sharpening" in the spread of rumors. In his major work, this psychologist proposed the "least-e fort principle" as an explanation for a phenomenon he measured on a  ve-point spectrum from "antilocution" to "extermination." This psychologist, whose brother Floyd wrote the textbook Social Psychology, created a three-part hierarchical theory of personality based on cardinal, central, and secondary traits. For 10 points, name this humanistic psychologist from Harvard who authored 1954's The Nature of Prejudice.
During World War II, this man headed the APA's committee to settle refugee psychologists like Kurt Lewin from Nazi Germany.
Gordon (Willard) Allport