Allport, Gordon W. — Personality & Social Encounter: Selected Essays

Boston, MA, Beacon Press, 1960. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Green cloth spine over mottled brown paper boards in illustrated jacket. 386 pages 21 cm. pt. 1. An approach to personality: Personality: a problem for science or for art? -- The psychological nature of personality -- The open system in personality theory -- Scientific models and human morals -- pt. 2. Motivation and structure in personality: The ego in contemporary psychology -- The trend in motivational theory -- What units shall we employ? -- What is a trait of personality? -- Geneticism versus ego-structure -- pt. 3. Normative problems in personality: Personality: normal and abnormal -- Circles of interest and the resolution of conflict -- The psychology of participation -- A basic psychology of love and hate -- pt. 4. Group tensions: Prejudice in modern perspective -- Techniques for reducing group prejudice -- Religion and prejudice -- pt. 5. Perception and social programs: Social service in perspective -- Perception, proception and public health -- The analysis of rumor (with Leo Postman) -- Expectancy and war -- Guidelines for research in international cooperation. VG/G+. Jacket has fraying at head/tail of spine, wear and a few closed tears around edges, rubbing, and a larger chip at the top rear fore edge corner. Book itself slightly dusty, but clean and unmarked besides a small inscription inside.