“Since we think about ourselves so much of the time, it is comforting to assume ... that we really know the score.... [But] this is not an easy assignment. [As] Santayana wrote, 'Nothing requires a rarer intellectual heroism than willingness to see one's equation written out.'”
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Gordon Allport
Psychologist and one of the founders of the American Psychological Association, known for his significant contributions to the fields of personality psychology and psychological measurement. more
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