“The specific goals we set for ourselves are almost always subsidiary to our long range intentions. A good parent, a good neighbour, a good citizen, is not good because his specific goals are acceptable, but because his successive goals are ordered to a dependable and socially desirable set of values. (1947)” LongScienceValuesParentGoalSocietyCitizensIntentionRangeAcceptableDesirableNeighbourGood CitizenDependableGood ParentSpecific Goals Author:Gordon Allport
“The dog [in Pavlov's experiments] does not continue to salivate whenever it hears a bell unless sometimes at least an edible offering accompanies the bell. But there are innumerable instances in human life where a single association, never reinforced, results in the establishment of a life-long dynamic system. An experience associated only once with a bereavement, an accident, or a battle, may become the center of a permanent phobia or complex, not in the least dependent on a recurrence of the original shock.” HumansMayLongDoeSometimesResultsPsychologyDogBattleOriginalsComplexesAccidentsExperimentsInstancePermanentHuman LifeShockDependentAssociationEstablishmentOfferingBellsBereavementLong LifeAccompanyPhobiaRecurrencePavlov Author:Gordon Allport
