Personality theories : development, growth, and diversity /

Allen, Bem P., 1940-

Personality theories : development, growth, and diversity / Bem P. Allen. - Fifth edition. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, (c)2016. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; Preliminary Definition of Personality; Implications and Cautions; Methods of Studying Personality; The Case History Method; The Correlation Method; The Experimental Method; Personality Tests: Personologists' Tools; Reliability and Validity; Projective and Objective Tests; Testing and Theorizing about Personality in a World of Human Diversity; A Final Word about "Science"; Chapter Sections; Introductory Statement; The Person: Biographies; View of the Person: General Philosophical Orientation Basic Concepts: The Heart and Soul of a TheoryEvaluation: Placing a Theory in Perspective; Occasional Sections; Conclusions Section; E-mail Interaction Section; Summary Points; Essay/Critical Thinking Questions; E-mail Interaction; 2 The Psychoanalytic Legacy; Freud, the Person; Freud's View of the Person; Basic Concepts: Freud; Personality Structure: Three Interacting Systems (SIDE); The Five Stages of Personality Development( Old Aunt Pamela Loves Gorillas); A Basic Diversity Issue: Freud's View of Females; Evaluation; Contributions; Supporting Evidence: Older and More Current; Limitations ConclusionsSummary Points; Essay/Critical Thinking Questions; E-mail Interaction; 3 Personality's Ancestral Foundation; Jung, the Person; Jung's View of the Person; Basic Concepts: Jung; Consciousness and Unconsciousness; Archetypes; Dreams as Messengers from a Wise Unconscious; Personality Typology; Personality Development; Evaluation; Contributions; Limitations; Conclusions; Summary Points; Running Comparison; Essay/Critical Thinking Questions; E-mail Interaction; 4 Overcoming Inferiority and Striving for Superiority; Adler, the Person; Adler's View of the Person; Basic Orientation Humanitarianism: Diversity as It Concerns Women and People EverywhereBasic Concepts: Adler; Developing Social Feeling: Society, Work, and Love; Style of Life; Future Goals versus Past Events; Overcoming Inferiority; Striving for Superiority and the Superiority Complex; Family Influences on Personality Development; Evaluation; Contributions; Limitations; Conclusions; Summary Points; Running Comparison; Essay/Critical Thinking Questions; E-mail Interact; 5 Moving toward, away from, and against Others; Horney, the Person; Horney's View of the Person; Basic Concepts: Horney Basic Anxiety: Infantile Helplessness in a Hostile WorldCoping with Ten Neurotic Needs; Moving toward, against, and away from People; Developing an Idealized versus a Real Image of Self; A Basic Diversity Issue: The Psychology of Women; Evaluation; Contributions; Some Research Support; Some Application: Group Therapy; Limitations; Conclusions; Summary Points; Running Comparison; Essay/Critical Thinking Questions; E-mail Interaction; 6 Personality from the Interpersonal Perspective; Sullivan, the Person; Sullivan's View of the Person; Significant Others and the Self; A Need for Tenderness



9781317351146


Personality--Textbooks.


Electronic Books.

BF698 / .P477 2016