- Robert Perloff
Robert Perloff (born
February 3 ,1921 inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania ) is an Americanpsychology andbusiness administration professor emeritus.Born and raised in
Philadelphia , Perloff was drafted into theUnited States Army to fight in thePhilippines duringWorld War II . Upon his return, Perloff graduated fromTemple University in 1949, and his PhD in psychology fromOhio State University . Following postdoctoral work, he then taught industrial and consumer psychology atPurdue University . Much of his career was spent as professor of Business and Psychology atUniversity of Pittsburgh .He has been President of the
Association for Consumer Research and theAmerican Psychological Association . For his APA presidential address in 1985, he gave a speech in praise of self-interest called "Self-Interest and Personal Responsibility Redux". It was printed in "American Psychologist " (vol. 42, 1987) and the journal called it "one of 50 classic articles published in the journal's previous 50 years." [ [http://www.apa.org/monitor/nov03/going.html Psychologists Defying the Crowd: Stories of Those Who Battled the Establishment and Won" (APA, 2003), edited by APA President Robert J. Sternberg, PhD.] ]In 1995, Perloff was a signatory of a collective statement titled "
Mainstream Science on Intelligence ", written byLinda Gottfredson and published in the "Wall Street Journal " as a favorable review of "The Bell Curve ". Gottfredson, Linda (December 13, 1994).Mainstream Science on Intelligence . "Wall Street Journal ", p A18.] Also in 1995, Perloff was named to anAmerican Psychological Association task force that reviewed controversial issues in the study ofrace and intelligence , titled "Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns." [ [http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/apa96.shtml Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns] ]In 1995, he was on an
American Psychological Association task force writing a consensus statement on the state of intelligence research in response to the claims being advanced amid the "Bell Curve " controversy, titled "."At the APA's 2001 APA Annual Convention, Dr. Perloff condemned what he sees as the APA's one-sided political activism. "The APA is too goddamn politically correct...and too goddamn obeisant to special interests!" [ [http://www.narth.com/docs/barring.html Former APA President Condemns APA for Barring Research via
NARTH ] ]In 2004, Perloff was the keynote speaker for the
National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality 's Annual Conference. In support of the mission statement of NARTH, he concluded, "The individual's right for self-determination of sexuality -- or sexual autonomy -- is, I am happy to see, inherent in NARTH's position statement: 'NARTH respects each client's dignity, autonomy, and free agency...every individual has the right to claim a gay identity, or to develop their heterosexual potential. The right to seek therapy to change one's sexual adaptation is considered self-evident and inalienable.' I subscribe fully to the aforementioned NARTH position statement." [ [http://www.narth.com/docs/perloff.html Former APA President Supports NARTH's Mission Statement, Assails APA's Intolerance of Differing Views] ]elected publications
Datta L-E, Perloff R. "Improving Evaluations". 1979: SAGE Focus Editions. ISBN 0-8039-1240-4.
References
External links
* [http://www.temple.edu/pbk/perloff.html Robert Perloff Profile] via Temple University
* [http://www.michna.com/intelligence.htm Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns]
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