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| − | '''Robert Perloff''' ([[birth|born]] [[1921]] [[February 3]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]) is an American [[psychology]] and [[business administration]] professor emeritus.
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| − | Born and raised in [[Philadelphia]], Perloff was drafted into the [[United States Army]] to fight in the [[Philippines]] during [[World War II]]. Upon his return, Perloff graduated from [[Temple University]] in 1949, and his PhD in psychology from [[Ohio State University]]. Following postdoctoral work, he then taught industrial and consumer psychology at [[Purdue University]]. Much of his career was spent as professor of Business and Psychology at [[University of Pittsburgh]].
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| − | He has been President of the [[Association for Consumer Research]] and the [[American 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."<ref>[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.]</ref>
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| − | In 1995, Perloff was a signatory of a collective statement titled "[[Mainstream Science on Intelligence]]", written by [[Linda Gottfredson]] and published in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' as a favorable review of ''[[The Bell Curve]]''. <ref name="gottfredson">Gottfredson, Linda ([[1994]] [[December 13]]). [[Mainstream Science on Intelligence]]. ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', p A18.</ref> Also in 1995, Perloff was named to an [[American Psychological Association]] task force that reviewed controversial issues in the study of [[race and intelligence]], titled "Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns."<ref>[http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/apa96.shtml Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns]</ref>
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| − | 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 "[[Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns]]."
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| − | 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!"<ref>[http://www.narth.com/docs/barring.html Former APA President Condemns APA for Barring Research via [[NARTH]]]</ref>
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| − | 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."
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| − | <ref>[http://www.narth.com/docs/perloff.html Former APA President Supports NARTH's Mission Statement, Assails APA's Intolerance of Differing Views]</ref>
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| − | ==Selected publications==
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| − | Datta L-E, Perloff R. ''Improving Evaluations''. 1979: SAGE Focus Editions. ISBN 0-8039-1240-4.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | *[http://www.temple.edu/pbk/perloff.html Robert Perloff Profile] via Temple University
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| − | *[http://www.michna.com/intelligence.htm Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns]
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| − | {{lgbt|Robert Perloff}}
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