| Description |
1232 pages |
| Contents |
Part I. General bases of personality study: Historical background for the study of personality / John Chynoweth Burnham. Personality in culture / Irvin L. Child -- Part II. Personality development: Development and the biophysical bases of personality / William R. Thompson. Childhood socialization / Harry Levin, Barbara Fleischmann. Adolescent socialization and development / Glen H. Elder, Jr. Comparative personality development / William Kessen -- Part III. Adult behavior and personality: Neuropsychology and psychophysiology in personality research / David T. Lykken. Traits and persons / Edgar F. Borgatta. Testing, measuring, and assessing people / Lee Sechrest -- Part IV. Special emphases: Behavior theory as personality theory / Daniel E. Berlyne. Role theory, personality, and the individual / Edwin J. Thomas. The present status of self theory / Ruth C. Wylie. Theories of consistency and the study of personality / David C. Glass -- Part V. Personality variables and polar types: the current status of some major variables of personality: Research on the achievement motive / Robert C. Birney. Leadership / E.P. Hollander, James W. Julian. Creativity / Morris I. Stein. Affiliation and social comparison / Roland Radloff. Some consequences of taking Machiavelli seriously / Richard Christie, Florence Geis. Concepts of normality / William A. Scott. Defense mechanisms / Charles W. Eriksen, Jan Pierce. Human reactions to stress / Irving L. Janis, Howard Leventhal. Syndromes of deviation / Maurice Lorr -- Part VI. Changing persons: Counseling and psychotherapy / Raymond J. Corsini. Personality and susceptibility to social influence / William J. McGuire |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
| Subject |
Personality.
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Personality.
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| Author |
Borgatta, Edgar F., 1924-
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Lambert, William W. (William Wilson), 1919-2005.
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| LC no. |
67014685 |
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