The Art and Science of Personality Development

The Art and Science of Personality Development

by Dan P. McAdams PhD
ISBN-10:
1462529321
ISBN-13:
9781462529322
Pub. Date:
10/26/2016
Publisher:
Guilford Publications, Inc.
ISBN-10:
1462529321
ISBN-13:
9781462529322
Pub. Date:
10/26/2016
Publisher:
Guilford Publications, Inc.
The Art and Science of Personality Development

The Art and Science of Personality Development

by Dan P. McAdams PhD
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Overview

Drawing on state-of-the-art personality and developmental research, this book presents a new and broadly integrative theory of how people come to be who they are over the life course. Preeminent researcher Dan P. McAdams traces the development of three distinct layers of personality—the social actor who expresses emotional and behavioral traits, the motivated agent who pursues goals and values, and the autobiographical author who constructs a personal story. Highly readable and accessible to scholars and students at all levels, the book uses rich portraits of the lives of famous people to illustrate theoretical concepts and empirical findings.

See also the Handbook of Personality Development, edited by Dan P. McAdams, Rebecca L. Shiner, and Jennifer L. Tackett.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781462529322
Publisher: Guilford Publications, Inc.
Publication date: 10/26/2016
Pages: 368
Product dimensions: 8.70(w) x 5.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Dan P. McAdams, PhD, is the Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Psychology and Human Development at Northwestern University. He is President and a founding member of the Association for Research in Personality; a Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP, Division 8 of the American Psychological Association) and the American Psychological Society; and a former member of the Executive Committee of SPSP. Dr. McAdams works in the areas of personality and lifespan developmental psychology. His research focuses on concepts of self and identity in contemporary American society and on themes of power, intimacy, redemption, and generativity across the adult life course. He has published over 200 scientific articles and chapters and numerous books.

Table of Contents

Prologue
I. Becoming an Actor
1. In the Beginning
2. The Actor Takes the Stage: How We Perform Emotion
3. The Problem of Self-Regulation
4. The Actor Grows Up: How Traits Develop into Adulthood
II. Becoming an Agent
5. The Age 5–7 Shift
6. The Motivational Agenda: What Agents Want
7. How Values Shape Agency: Morality, Religion, and Politics
III. Becoming an Author
8. The Stories We Live By
9. Generative Lives, Redemptive Life Stories
10. The Sense of an Ending
 

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Personality/social psychologists; developmental psychologists; also of interest to clinical psychologists, other helping professionals, and general readers. May serve as a text in undergraduate- and graduate-level courses such as Personality Development, Adult Development and Aging, and Human Development.

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