Theories of Personality / Edition 4

by Calvin S. Hall, Gardner Lindzey, John B. Campbell

Overview

This is the best book on theories ever published. The fourth edition is theory-oriented and has been reorganized into four parts examing theories of psychodynamics, personality structure, growth and perceived reality, and learning. It also includes new chapters on Eysenck, Bandura, Kelly, and social learning theories.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471303428
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/25/1997
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	768
Product dimensions:	7.66(w) x 9.63(h) x 1.29(d)

About the Author

Calvin Springer Hall, Jr., commonly known as Calvin S. Hall, was an American psychologist who studied in the fields of dream research and analysis. Gardner Lindzey is the author of Theories of Personality, 4th Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

The Nature of Personality Theory.

EMPHASIS ON PSYCHODYNAMICS.

Sigmund Freud's Classical Psychoanalytic Theory.

Carl Jung's Analytic Theory.

Social Psychological Theories: Adler, Fromm, Horney, andSullivan.

Erik Erikson and Contemporary Psychoanalytic Theory.

EMPHASIS ON PERSONALITY STRUCTURE.

Henry Murray's Personology.

Gordon Allport and the Individual.

Raymond Cattell's Factor-Analytic Trait Theory.

Hans Eysenck's Biological Trait Theory.

EMPHASIS ON PERCEIVED REALITY.

George Kelly's Personal Construct Theory.

Carl Rogers's Person-Centered Theory.

EMPHASIS ON LEARNING.

B.

F.

Skinner's Operant Conditioning.

Dollard and Miller's Stimulus-Response Theory.

Albert Bandura and Social Learning Theories.

PERSPECTIVES AND CONCLUSIONS.

Personality Theory in Perspective.

References.

Photo Credits.

Indexes.