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Becoming; Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality

Book by Gordon Allport · 4 quotes · Acquiring Knowledge, Adolescence, Adults

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Becoming; Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality Quotes

“The outlines of the needed psychology of becoming can be discovered by looking within ourselves; for it is knowledge of our own uniqueness that supplies the first, and probably the best, hints for acquiring orderly knowledge of others.”

“We cannot know the young child's personality by studying his systems of interest, for his attention is as yet too labile, his reactions impulsive, and interests unformed. From adolescence onward, however, the surest clue to personality is the hierarchy of interests, including the loves and loyalties of adult life.”