My portion of PSY/405 team Dispositional Personality Theories paper (week 4)

Allport’s psychology of the individual is based exclusively on individual uniqueness, not leaving a lot of substance regarding the theories explanation of interpersonal relationships. Although, Allport did describe the importance of warm relationships with others in order to have a psychologically healthy personality. If an individual is psychologically healthy they can respect and love others without judgment, which allows for a mature relationship with one’s self and with others. He also modestly emphasized on the importance of social influence on personality. Allport believed culture does influence aspects such as language, religion, values, morals, and fashion, but the use of these cultural forces are contingent on one’s unique personality and motivation. In 1954, Allport started conducting research on how to reduce prejudice. One of his students, Thomas Pettigrew, along with Linda Tropp, conducted a study that established Allport’s proposal that if two groups, a majority group and a minority group, interacted under ideal conditions, there would be a smaller amount prejudice. The results depended on the interaction and the relationships that developed between the individuals in the two groups (Feist & Feist, 2009).