But there are innumerable instances in human life where a single association, never reinforced, results in the establishment of a life-long dynamic system.
GORDON ALLPORT
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.
More Gordon Allport Quotes
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But there are innumerable instances in human life where a single association, never reinforced, results in the establishment of a life-long dynamic system.
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If a person is capable of rectifying his erroneous judgments in the light of new evidence he is not prejudiced.
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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.
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The scientist, by the very nature of his commitment, creates more and more questions, never fewer.
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Reason adapts impulses and beliefs into the real world; rationalization, on the other hand, adapts the concept of reality to the impulses and beliefs of the individual.
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Many studies have discovered a close link between prejudice and “patriotism” . . .
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Open-mindedness is considered to be a virtue. But, strictly speaking, it cannot occur.
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Reasoning discovers the true cause of our acts, rationalization finds good reasons for justifying our acts.
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It takes a major unhappiness, a prolonged and bitter experience, to drive us away from loyalties once formed.
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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)
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Love-incomparably the greatest psychotherapeutic agent-is something that professional psychiatry cannot of itself create, focus, nor release.
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There is a story of an Oxford student who once remarked, “I despise all Americans, but have never met one I didn’t like.”
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Life is too short so we must generalize.
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It is not that we have class prejudice, but only that we find comfort and ease in our own class. And normally there are plenty of people of our own class, or race, or religion to play, live, and eat with, and to marry.
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People who are aware of, and ashamed of, their prejudices are well on the road to eliminating them.
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