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1 online resource |
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Psychology library editions. Personality ; volume 3 |
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Psychology library editions. Personality ; volume 3
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; ORIENTATION AND RATIONALE; The nature of psychology; The nature of personality; The field of inquiry; SOME FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES; The problem of perception; The problem of unconscious mentation; The problem of circularity; The problem of volition and purpose; The problem of temporal focus; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION; A hierarchy of languages; Levels of communication; PLAN OF THE BOOK; Chapter 2 Sullivan's Conceptions: Beginnings of a System |
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THE INTERPERSONAL NATURE OF PERSONALITYHUMAN INFANCY; Innate tensions; The experience of the infant; Personifications; Anxiety; LATER DEVELOPMENTS AND ACQUISITIONS; Language development; Modes of learning; The self dynamism; Residual aspects of the personality; Integrating tendencies; The theorem of reciprocal emotion; THE DEVELOPMENTAL ERAS; The juvenile era; The preadolescent era; Early adolescence; Late adolescence; DISTORTIONS OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; Mechanisms of defense; An example of "mild" mental disorder: Jealousy; An example of more serious mental disorder: Hysteria |
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An example of severe mental disorder: SchizophreniaCONCLUSION; Chapter 3 Learning Interpersonal Behavior; BASIC PROCESSES IN HUMAN LEARNING; Action learning; Cognitive learning; PLANS AND STRATEGIES: AN INTEGRATION; The organization of behavior; Tactics and strategy of behavior; Anxiety and conflict; OVERVIEW; Interpersonal behavior and the habits of squirrels; Chapter 4 Varieties of Interpersonal Behavior; A TAXONOMY OF INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIOR; A technical orientation; Empirical studies: Factorial; Empirical studies: Circumplicial; The Leary framework; Additional features of Leary's system |
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THE ACHIEVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF INTERACTIONAL BALANCEBalance theory and interpersonal relations; The economics of interaction; Chapter 5 Negotiating Interpersonal Transactions; REWARDS AND COSTS; Interaction sequences; The interaction-outcome matrix; The evaluation of outcomes; INTERACTION-OUTCOME PROCESSES: TWO EXAMPLES; A handsome lad and a pretty maid; Mr. and Mrs. X: A matrix analysis; GENERALIZED INTERPERSONAL STYLES AND THEIR INTERACTIONAL ASPECTS; Interaction of personal styles: A matrix conception; Complementarity as a persistent force in interaction |
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POWER AND DEPENDENCE IN DYADIC RELATIONSHIPSFunctional characteristics of interpersonal power; Consequences of power; The reduction of power differentials; Power relations and the maintenance of security; Chapter 6 Contractual Arrangements in Interpersonal Relations; THE DEVELOPMENT OF NORMS; Norms and the use of power; The handsome lad and the pretty maid revisited; Roles; IMPLICIT CONTRACTS IN DYADIC INTERACTION; The problem of stylistic articulation; The ad hoc interpersonal contract; FRAUDULENT INTERPERSONAL CONTRACTS; Simple transactional reversals; Other fraudulent operations |
| Summary |
"Personality" is an intimidatingly complex area of human behaviour, where empirically valid generalizations are not easily established or formulated, and where investigators at the time of publication were themselves a long way from the development of a commonly shared language and conceptual system. Originally published in 1969, Dr Carson's book provided, for the first time, an empirically grounded, systematic framework to analyse, describe, and to some extent explain the transactions that occur between people from a standpoint of a personologist. The author starts from a Sullivanian base, which views "personality" as a largely interpersonal phenomenon. He then reformulates Sullivanian conceptions into a more complete framework, one more firmly tied to observable events or empirically testable hypotheses. This work represents a unique effort to integrate, from available empirical findings and conceptual formulations within psychology and the social sciences, a comprehensive account of socially significant personal conduct. It brings together, within an integrating framework, diverse trends from modern behaviour theory, personality, social psychology, and behaviour disorder |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Interpersonal relations.
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Personality.
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Personality
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Interpersonal relations
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Personality
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429025136 |
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0429025130 |
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9780429655814 |
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0429655819 |
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9780429658259 |
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0429658257 |
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9780429653377 |
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0429653379 |
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