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Presents the 1965 American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award to Floyd Henry Allport. The citation reads: "For leading the way to an understanding of behavior at both the organismic and the collective levels. Despite the unmatched complexities of the phenomena, his proposals are meaningful and verifiable. The main goal he has set before us is to see clearly the way events structure themselves within individuals and between them. The establishment of quantitative relationships between variables is seen as a means but not an end. He has followed less travelled paths, and along the way has developed fresh approaches to the study of conformity, attitudes, personality, and institutional processes. His students have been strengthened by his friendship and challenged by his towering standards of scholarship, experimentation, and exposition." Biographical information is also provided, along with a list of the award winner's scientific writings. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
