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Theories of Personality Understanding Persons

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ISBN-10: 0131832042

ISBN-13: 9780131832046

Edition: 4th 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Susan Cloninger

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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. This book covers the important theories in personality research--psychoanalysis, individual psychology, personological trait theory, psychoanalytic learning theory, behaviorism, cognitive social learning theory--as well as the people that pioneered those…    
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List price: $129.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 576
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.684
Language: English

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
Conclusion