Theories of Personality: Understanding Persons

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Designed to prepare readers to apply theories of personality to understanding particular individuals who they may encounter in professional work and in their personal lives, this engaging volume provides an overview of major classic and current theories of personality, together with clear explanation of the latest research. It brings the theories to life through the interpretation of illustrative historic and current biographies. Introduction to Personality Theory. THE PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE. Freud: Classical...
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Designed to prepare readers to apply theories of personality to understanding particular individuals who they may encounter in professional work and in their personal lives, this engaging volume provides an overview of major classic and current theories of personality, together with clear explanation of the latest research. It brings the theories to life through the interpretation of illustrative historic and current biographies. Introduction to Personality Theory. THE PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE. Freud: Classical Psychoanalysis. Jung: Analytical Psychology. THE PSYCHOANALYTIC-SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE. Adler: Individual Psychology. Erikson: Psychosocial Development. Horney: Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. THE TRAIT PERSPECTIVE. Allport: Personological Trait Theory. Cattell and the Big Five: Factor Analytic Trait Theory. THE LEARNING PERSPECTIVE. Skinner and Staats: The Challenge of Behaviorism. Dollard and Miller: Psychoanalytic Learning Theory. COGNITIVE SOCIAL LEARNING PERSPECTIVE. Mischel and Bandura: Cognitive Social Learning Theory. Kelly: The Psychology of Personal Constructs. THE HUMANISTIC PERSPECTIVE. Rogers: Person-Centered Theory. Maslow: Humanistic Psychology and the Hierarchy of Needs. For anyone who wants a better handle on understanding the people in their professional and personal lives.
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“It is a straightforward book that introduces and reviews essential information about the topics of abnormal psychopathology in children and adolescents. The information covered is comprehensive in terms of topics and issues, current research and perspectives.”

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780139153075
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference
  • Publication date: 11/28/1992
  • Edition description: Older Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 576

Meet the Author

Sue Cloninger is a California native who, after living several places in the U.S. and Germany, has settled in upstate New York for the past three decades. She is a professor of psychology at the Sage Colleges in Troy and Albany, New York, and also teaches online through Empire State College. Currently she chairs the Institutional Research Board (IRB) at The Sage Colleges. Her graduate work at The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, under a National Science Foundation fellowship, focused on personality and motivation. Other interests include topics at the interface of personality and social psychology, such as the self. She’s proud of her son John, an architect. In her spare time, she enjoys music, plays, and gardening.

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Table of Contents

Ch. 1 Introduction to Personality Theory 1
Pt. I The Psychoanalytic Perspective 25
Ch. 2 Freud: Classical Psychoanalysis 28
Ch. 3 Jung: Analytical Psychology 61
Pt. II The Psychoanalytic - Social Perspective 93
Ch. 4 Adler: Individual Psychology 95
Ch. 5 Erikson: Psychosocial Development 121
Ch. 6 Horney: Interpersonal Psychoanalysis 151
Pt. III The Trait Perspective 179
Ch. 7 Allport: Personological Trait Theory 183
Ch. 8 Cattell: Factor Analytic Trait Theory 214
Pt. IV The Humanistic Perspective 249
Ch. 9 Rogers: Person-Centered Theory 252
Ch. 10 Maslow: Humanistic Psychology and the Hierarchy of Needs 276
Pt. V The Learning Perspective 303
Ch. 11 B. F. Skinner: Radical Behaviorism 305
Ch. 12 Dollard and Miller: Psychoanalytic Learning Theory 337
Pt. VI The Cognitive Learning Perspective 369
Ch. 13 Mischel and Bandura: Cognitive Social Learning Theory 372
Ch. 14 George Kelly: The Psychology of Personal Constructs 409
Ch. 15 Conclusion 435
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