What are the building blocks of personality according to Allport????

-- Sandra Castillo (luscious_red34@yahoo.com), July 26, 2002

Answers

The best way to find an answer is to consult Allport's textbook entitled Personality, first published in 1937, with at least one later edition. There are unique features to Allport's theory, which is in the personalist tradition of Wilhelm Stern, including a dynamic definition of personality and a discussion of functional autonomy of motives. You might also find a discussion in Hall & Lindzey's classic overview, Theories of Personality, or in an article on Allport in an encyclopedia of psychology. Allport gave considerable attention to meaning and religious issues as well, some of which are summarized in his book The Individual and His Religion (1950).

-- Hendrika Vande Kemp (hendrika@earthlink.net), July 27, 2002.

The best way to find an answer is to consult Allport's textbook entitled Personality. There are definately some unique features to Allport's theory, whith its personalist tradition, including a dynamic definition of personality and a discussion of functional autonomy of motives. Allports book the individual and his religion also notes his specific attention towards the religious aspects of our personal development.

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