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Floyd H. Allport
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Floyd H. Allport

American social psychologist
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    psychologist Floyd H. Allport’s criticism of Le Bon and William McDougall, a British-born U.S. psychologist, for their concept of ā€œgroup mind,ā€ and for their apparent assumption that collective behavior makes people do things to which they are not predisposed. Allport insisted instead that collective behavior involves…

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    psychologist Floyd H. Allport’s criticism of Le Bon and William McDougall, a British-born U.S. psychologist, for their concept of ā€œgroup mind,ā€ and for their apparent assumption that collective behavior makes people do things to which they are not predisposed. Allport insisted instead that collective behavior involves…

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