Individualism and the social in early American social psychology.

Full Abstract

In this paper an attempt is made to specify the original conception of the social dimensions of cognition, emotion and behavior-and of a distinctively social psychology-that was held by early American social psychologists, but abandoned by later generations of social psychologists committed to Floyd Allport's individualistic experimental program. Two influential forms of "individualism" in the work of Floyd Allport are distinguished and detailed. Copyright 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Author information

Author/s: Greenwood, J D (JD);

Affiliation: City College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA. greenjd(-atsign-)erols.com

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Historical Article; Journal Article

Journal: Journal of the history of the behavioral sciences (J Hist Behav Sci), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2000-; vol 36 (issue 4) : pp 443-55

Dates: Created 2000/12/01; Completed 2001/01/04; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 11054736, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)

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