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Personality and Personal Growth

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ISBN-10: 0205953751

ISBN-13: 9780205953752

Edition: 7th 2013

Authors: Robert Frager, James Fadiman

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Understand personality perspectives through a theoretical lens. Through a set of different theoretical lenses, Personality and Personal Growth gives students the opportunity to understand their own lives and the lives of others. By observing their own reactions, readers’ come to their own conclusions regarding the value of each theory. The seventh edition continues to have a streamlined organization to help students understand its cross-cultural, global, and gender-balanced perspectives in psychology. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to: Understand new research developments in psychology and its significance today Support readers in evaluating…    
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Book details

List price: $252.47
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 11/14/2012
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 480
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English

Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis
Carl Gustav Jung and Analytical Psychology
Karen Horney and Humanistic Psychoanalysis
Alfred Adler and Individual Psychology
Feminist Approaches to Personality Theory
Erik Erikson and the Life Cycle
William James and the Psychology of Consciousness
B. F. Skinner and Radical Behaviorism
Cognitive Psychology: Albert Bandura and Aaron Beck
George Kelly and Personal Construct Psychology
Carl Rogers and the Person-Centered Perspective
Abraham Maslow and Transpersonal Psychology
Yoga and the Hindu Tradition
Zen and the Buddhist Tradition
Sufism and the Islamic Tradition
Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis
Personal History
Intellectual Antecedents
Major Concepts
The Structure of the Personality
Psychosexual States of Development
Freud's Views about Women
Dynamics
Structure
Therapist/Therapy
Research
Evaluation and Current Influence
Recent Developments
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Studies in Hysteria
Chapter Highlights
Key Concepts
Annotated Bibliography
Carl Gustav Jung and Analytic Psychology
Personal History
Intellectual Antecedents
Major Concepts
Dynamics
Structure
Research
Evaluation
Recent Developments: Jung's Influence
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpts from Analytical Psychology
Chapter Highlights
Key Concepts
Annotated Bibliography
Karen Horney and Humanistic Psychoanalysis
Personal History
Intellectual Antecedents
Major Concepts
Horney's New Paradigm
Dynamics
Nonclinical Applications of Horney
Research
Evaluation
Conclusion
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Self Analysis
Chapter Highlights
Key Concepts
Annotated Bibliography
Alfred Adler and Individual Psychology
Personal History
Intellectual Antecedents
Major Concepts
Dynamics
Structure
Research
Evaluation
Recent Developments: Adler's Influence
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Social Interest
Chapter Highlights
Key Concepts
Annotated Bibliography
Feminist Approaches to Personality Theory
Feminist Psychology
A Brief History of Feminism
Feminist Contributions to Personality Theory
Relational-Cultural Theory
Chapter Highlights
Key Concepts
Annotated Bibliography
Erik Erikson and the Life Cycle
Personal History
Intellectual Antecedents
Major Concepts
Dynamics
Structure
Research
Evaluation
Recent Developments: Erikson's Influence
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Childhood and Society
Chapter Highlights
Key Concepts
Annotated Bibliography
William James and the Psychology of Consciousness
Personal History
Intellectual Antecedents
Major Concepts
Dynamics
Structure
Evaluation
The Psychology of Consciousness
Evaluation
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpts from Talks to Teachers and The Varieties of Religious Experience
Chapter Highlights
Key Concepts
Annotated Bibliography
B. F. Skinner and Radical Behaviorism
Personal History
Intellectual Antecedents
Major Concepts
Structure
Research
Evaluation
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from "Humanism and Behaviorism"
Chapter Highlights
Key Concepts
Annotated Bibliography
Cognitive Psychology: Albert Bandura and Aaron Beck
Albert Bandura and Social Cognitive Theory
Aaron Beck and Cognitive Therapy
Evaluation
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from "Self-Efficacy" and Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders
Chapter Highlights
Key Concepts
Annotated Bibliography
George Kelly and Personal Construct Theory
Introduction
Personal History
Intellectual Antecedents
Major Concepts
Research
Evaluation
Recent Developments: Constructive Psychology Theory
Chapter Highlights
Key Concepts
Annotated Bibliography
Carl Rogers and the Person-Centered Perspective
Personal History
Intellectual Antecedents
Major Concepts
Dynamics
Structure
The Fully Functioning Person
Person-Centered Therapy
Group Work
Research
Evaluation
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from "Rogers' Ideas"
Chapter Highlights
Key Concepts
Annotated Bibliography
Abraham Maslow and Transpersonal Psychology
Personal History
Intellectual Antecedents
Major Concepts
Dynamics
Structure
Research
Evaluation
Transpersonal Psychology
Research
Evaluation of Transpersonal Psychology
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from "The Plateau Experience"
Chapter Highlights
Key Concepts
Annotated Bibliography
Yoga and the Hindu Tradition
History
Major Concepts
Dynamics
Structure
Research
Evaluation
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Radha: Diary of a Woman's Search
Chapter Highlights
Key Concepts
Annotated Bibliography
Zen and the Buddhist Tradition
History
Major Concepts
Dynamics
Structure
Research
Evaluation
Recent Developments: the Influence of Buddhism
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from The Wild, White Goose
Chapter Highlights
Key Concepts
Annotated Bibliography
Sufism and the Islamic Tradition
History
Major Concepts
Dynamics
Structure
Research
Recent Developments
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Sufi Talks: Teachings of an American Sufi Sheikh
Chapter Highlights
Key Concepts
Annotated Bibliography