Allport integrated motivational and cognitive influences more fully than later psychologists.

Evidence

Although the field subsequently emphasized a cognitive approach to prejudice consistent with Allport’s views, Allport was remarkably comfortable integrating motivational and cognitive influences. Allport maintained a balance in his consideration of these two important sources of prejudice that psychologists since have had difficulty achieving (see Tetlock & Levi, 1982), but which authors in this volume have striven to recapture. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 114

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

• XREF: Connects to the recurring criticism that the cognitive revolution in social psychology lost the motivational dimension that earlier theorists like Allport and, later, motivated reasoning researchers sought to restore.

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