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Personality and Personal Growth

ISBN: 9780131444515 | 0131444514
Edition: 6th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 1/20/2005

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SummaryTable of Contents
For upper-level courses in Personality Theory and Personal Adjustment. With a newly revised, streamlined organization and a Companion Website, the Sixth Edition maintains its cross-cultural, global, and gender-balanced perspectives while emphasizing the positive aspects of major personality theorists. This text encourages and supports students in using themselves as the primary touchstone for each theory. Each chapter gives students opportunities to validate their insights through direct experience, and, by observing their own reactions, come t... MORE
Prefacexvii
About the Authorsxxi
Introduction1(1)
What Is Personality?
2(1)
... MOREThe History of Personality Study
2(1)
Modern Theories of Personality
3(1)
Two Contemporary Approaches to Personality Study: Nomothetic and Idiographic
3(1)
Characteristics of a Good Theory of Personality
4(2)
Verifiability
4(1)
Comprehensiveness
5(1)
Applications
5(1)
No Single Truth
6(1)
A Constructive Approach to Personality Theory
6(1)
Expanding the Scope of Personality Theory
7(2)
The Psychology of Women
7(1)
Eastern Theories of Personality
7(1)
Contemporary Concern with Eastern Systems
8(1)
Chapter Structure
9(5)
Personal History
10(1)
Intellectual Antecedents
10(1)
Major Concepts
10(1)
Dynamics
11(1)
Structure
11(2)
Evaluation
13(1)
The Theory Firsthand
13(1)
Chapter Highlights
13(1)
Key Concepts
13(1)
Annotated Bibliography
13(1)
Our Web Site
13(1)
References
14(1)
Personal Reflections
14(1)
Questions to Pose to Each Theory
14(1)
Key Concepts
15(1)
Web Sites
15(1)
References
15(1)
Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis
16(39)
Personal History
17(2)
Intellectual Antecedents
19(1)
Philosophy
20(1)
Biology
20(1)
The Unconscious
20(1)
Major Concepts
20(3)
Psychic Determinism
21(1)
Conscious, Preconscious, Unconscious
21(1)
Impulses
21(1)
Libido and Aggressive Energy
22(1)
Cathexis
23(1)
Structure of the Personality
23(2)
The Id
23(1)
The Ego
24(1)
The Superego
24(1)
Relationship Between the Three Subsystems
25(1)
Psychosexual Stages of Development
25(3)
The Oral Stage
25(1)
The Anal Stage
26(1)
The Phallic Stage
26(1)
The Genital Stage
27(1)
Freud's Views About Women
28(2)
Dynamics: Anxiety, Anna Freud and the Defense Mechanisms, Psychoanalysis, and Dreamwork
30(8)
Anxiety
30(1)
Anna Freud and the Defense Mechanisms
30(6)
Psychoanalysis: The Theory
36(1)
Dreams and Dreamwork
36(2)
Structure
38(3)
Energy
38(1)
Body
39(1)
Social Relationships
39(1)
Emotions
40(1)
Intellect
40(1)
Self
41(1)
Therapist/Therapy
41(1)
The Role of the Psychoanalyst
41(1)
Evaluation and Current Influence
42(3)
Influence
44(1)
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Studies in Hysteria
45(4)
Chapter Highlights
49(1)
Key Concepts
50(1)
Annotated Bibliography
51(1)
Web Sites
52(1)
References
52(3)
Web Materials
Limitations of Psychoanalysis
Anna Freud: A More Extensive Biography
Three Excerpts from Anna Freud
On Adolescence
On the Defenses
The Effects of Changes in Psychoanalytic Thinking
References
Carl Gustav Jung and Analytic Psychology
55(35)
Personal History
56(3)
Intellectual Antecedents
59(2)
Freud
59(1)
Goethe and Nietzsche
60(1)
Alchemy and Gnosticism
60(1)
Eastern Thought
60(1)
Major Concepts
61(14)
The Attitudes: Introversion and Extraversion
61(1)
The Functions: Thinking, Feeling, Sensation, Intuition
62(2)
The Unconscious
64(1)
Archetype
65(2)
The Ego
67(1)
The Persona
68(1)
The Shadow
69(2)
Anima and Animus
71(1)
The Self
72(1)
Symbols
73(2)
Dynamics
75(4)
Psychological Growth: Individuation
75(2)
Obstacles to Growth
77(2)
Structure
79(3)
Body
79(1)
Social Relationships
79(1)
Will
80(1)
Emotions
80(1)
Intellect
80(1)
Therapist
81(1)
Evaluation
82(1)
Religion and Mysticism
82(1)
The Analysis of Symbols
83(1)
Recent Developments: Jung's Influence
83(1)
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpts from Analytical Psychology
84(1)
Word Association
84(1)
Dream Analysis
85(1)
Chapter Highlights
85(1)
Key Concepts
86(1)
Annotated Bibliography
86(1)
Web Sites
87(1)
References
87(3)
Web Materials
Major Jungian Archetypes
Tabula Rasa or Inherited Mental Structures
Alfred Adler and Individual Psychology
90(24)
Personal History
91(2)
Intellectual Antecedents
93(2)
Evolution
93(1)
Psychoanalysis
93(1)
Friedrich Nietzsche
94(1)
Fictional Goals
94(1)
Holism
94(1)
Major Concepts
95(6)
Inferiority and Compensation
95(1)
Aggression and Striving for Superiority
96(1)
Life Goals
97(1)
Style of Life
97(2)
The Creative Power of the Individual
99(1)
Social Interest
99(1)
Cooperation
100(1)
Basic Principles of Adlerian Theory
101(1)
Dynamics
101(3)
Psychological Growth
101(1)
Obstacles to Growth
102(2)
Structure
104(4)
Body
104(1)
Social Relationships
104(1)
Will
104(1)
Emotions
104(1)
Intellect
105(1)
Self
106(1)
Therapist
106(2)
Evaluation
108(1)
Recent Developments: Adler's Influence
109(1)
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Social Interest
110(1)
Chapter Highlights
110(1)
Key Concepts
111(1)
Annotated Bibliography
112(1)
Web Sites
112(1)
References
112(2)
Web Materials
The Schema of Apperception
Adler on Women
Karen Horney and Humanistic Psychoanalysis
114(27)
Bernard J. Paris
Personal History
115(3)
Intellectual Antecedents
118(2)
Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis
118(1)
Alfred Adler
119(1)
Other Intellectual Influences
120(1)
Major Concepts
120(4)
Feminine Psychology
121(3)
Horney's New Paradigm
124(7)
Horney's Mature Theory
126(5)
Dynamics
131(2)
The Relation Between Interpersonal and Intrapsychic Defenses
132(1)
The Central Inner Conflict
132(1)
Nonclinical Applications of Horney
133(1)
Gender Study
133(1)
Evaluation
134(1)
Conclusion
135(1)
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Self-Analysis
135(1)
Chapter Highlights
136(1)
Key Concepts
137(1)
Annotated Bibliography
138(1)
Web Sites
139(1)
References
139(2)
Web Materials
The Process of Psychotherapy
Nonclinical Applications of Horney
Literary Study
Psychobiography
Cultural Study
References
Feminist Approaches to Personality Theory
141(31)
Feminist Psychology
142(7)
Christine Brooks
The Pioneers
142(1)
A Brief History of Feminism
143(1)
The Second Wave and Psychology
144(1)
Feminism Now
144(2)
Feminist Contributions to Personality Theory
146(2)
Relational-Cultural Theory
148(1)
A Relational Approach
149(11)
Jean Baker Miller
Irene Pierce Stiver
Judith V. Jordan
Janet L. Surrey
Major Concepts
149(4)
Dynamics
153(5)
Evaluation
158(1)
Issues of Diversity
158(1)
Feminist Contributions to Epistemology and Methodology
159(1)
Social Constructionism
160(1)
Organic Inquiry: A Transpersonal/Feminist Research Methodology
160(3)
Jennifer Clements
Intellectual Antecedents
160(1)
A Fundamental Metaphor
161(1)
The Process
161(1)
The Methodology in Action
162(1)
Chapter Highlights
163(2)
Key Concepts
165(1)
Annotated Bibliography
166(2)
Web Sites
168(1)
References
168(4)
Web Materials
Relational Therapy
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Women's Growth in Connection
Healing the Relational Crisis
Rebecca Caldwell
My Process: Eating the Fat Girl
Comment by Rebecca
References
Erik Erikson and the Life Cycle
172(28)
Personal History
173(2)
Intellectual Antecedents
175(1)
Psychoanalysis
175(1)
Other Cultures
176(1)
Major Concepts
176(15)
An Epigenetic Model of Human Development
177(9)
Identity
186(4)
Psychohistory
190(1)
Dynamics
191(1)
Positive Growth
191(1)
Obstacles to Growth
191(1)
Structure
192(2)
Body
192(1)
Social Relationships
192(1)
Will
192(1)
Emotions
193(1)
Intellect
193(1)
Self
193(1)
Therapist
194(1)
Evaluation
194(1)
Recent Developments: Erikson's Influence
195(1)
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Childhood and Society
195(1)
Chapter Highlights
196(1)
Key Concepts
197(1)
Annotated Bibliography
198(1)
Web Sites
198(1)
References
198(2)
Web Materials
Case Study Research
A Study of Gandhi
William James and the Psychology of Consciousness
200(43)
Personal History
202(2)
Intellectual Antecedents
204(1)
Major Concepts
205(9)
The Self
205(2)
Characteristics of Thought
207(7)
Dynamics: Forces Supporting and Limiting Personal Growth
214(4)
Psychological Growth: Emotion and Pragmatism
214(3)
Obstacles to Growth
217(1)
Structure
218(1)
The Mind Is in the Body
218(1)
The Role of the Teacher
219(1)
Current Importance and Influence
220(3)
Eugene Taylor
James's Continuing Influence in the Field of Psychology
222(1)
Scientific Study of the Emotions
222(1)
The Psychology of Consciousness
223(9)
Psychedelic Research
224(1)
Biofeedback Research
225(2)
Meditation
227(2)
Hypnosis
229(2)
Multiple Personality
231(1)
Evaluation
232(1)
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpts from Talks to Teachers and The Varieties of Religious Experience
233(2)
Chapter Highlights
235(1)
Key Concepts
236(1)
Annotated Bibliography
237(1)
Web Sites
238(1)
References
238(5)
Web Materials
Intellectual Antecedents
Evaluation
Current Research on Emotions
Time and Space Perception
References
B. F. Skinner and Radical Behaviorism
243(28)
Personal History
244(2)
Intellectual Antecedents
246(2)
Darwinism and the Canon of of Parsimony
246(1)
Watson
247(1)
Pavlov
247(1)
Philosophy of Science
248(1)
Major Concepts
248(10)
Scientific Analysis of Behavior
248(1)
Personality
249(1)
Explanatory Fictions
249(3)
Conditioning and Reinforcement
252(4)
What Supports or Impedes Personal Growth?
256(2)
Structure
258(6)
Body
258(1)
Relationships and the Psychology of Women
258(2)
Emotions
260(1)
Thinking and Knowing
260(1)
Self-knowledge
261(1)
Therapy
261(2)
Beyond Behaviorism
263(1)
Evaluation
264(1)
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from ``Humanism and Behaviorism''
265(1)
Chapter Highlights
266(1)
Key Concepts
267(1)
Annotated Bibliography
268(1)
Web Sites
268(1)
References
268(3)
Web Materials
Applied Behavioral Analysis
From Programmed Learning to Computer Games
Augmented Learning
References
Cognitive Psychology and Its Applications
271(20)
Researching Human Cognition
272(1)
Computer Models and Human Information Processing
273(3)
Albert Bandura and Social Cognitive Theory
276(6)
Major Concepts
276(6)
Aaron Beck and Cognitive Therapy
282(4)
Evaluation
286(1)
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpts from Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders
286(1)
Excerpt from The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience
287(1)
Chapter Highlights
287(1)
Key Concepts
288(1)
Annotated Bibliography
288(1)
Web Sites
288(1)
References
289(2)
George Kelly and Personal Construct Psychology
291(20)
Franz R. Epting
Larry M. Leitner
Jonathan D. Raskin
Introduction
292(1)
Personal History
293(1)
Intellectual Antecedents
294(1)
Pragmatism and John Dewey
294(1)
Existential-Phenomenological Psychology
294(1)
Korzybski and Moreno
295(1)
Major Concepts
295(12)
Constructive Alternativism: A Philosophical Position
295(1)
Personal Construct Systems: Basic Characteristics
296(2)
Process and Function of Construct Systems
298(3)
Individual Differences and Interpersonal Relations
301(2)
Transitional Constructions
303(2)
Cycles of Experience
305(2)
Evaluation
307(1)
Chapter Highlights
307(1)
Key Concepts
308(1)
Annotated Bibliography
308(1)
Web Sites
309(1)
References
309(2)
Web Materials
The Theory's Assumptive Structure
Ordination, Fragmentation, Range, and Modulation Dynamics
Assessment of Personal Meanings
Diagnosis
Therapy
References
Carl Rogers and the Person-Centered Perspective
311(30)
Personal History
312(4)
Intellectual Antecedents
316(1)
Protestant Thought
316(1)
Dewey and Kilpatrick
316(1)
Major Concepts
317(5)
The Field of Experience
317(1)
The Self as a Process
317(1)
The Ideal Self
318(1)
Self-Actualizing Tendency
319(1)
Personal Power
319(1)
Congruence and Incongruence
320(2)
Dynamics
322(3)
Psychological Growth
322(1)
Obstacles to Growth
323(2)
Structure
325(3)
Body
325(1)
Social Relationships
325(1)
Emotions
326(1)
Intellect
327(1)
Knowing
327(1)
The Fully Functioning Person
328(1)
Person-Centered Therapy
329(1)
The Client-Centered, or Person-Centered, Therapist
329(1)
Group Work
330(1)
History
330(1)
Conflict Resolution: The International Workshops
331(1)
Evaluation
331(3)
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from ``Rogers's Ideas''
334(2)
Chapter Highlights
336(1)
Key Concepts
337(1)
Annotated Bibliography
337(1)
Web Sites
338(1)
References
338(3)
Web Materials
The Client-Centered, or Person-Centered, Therapist
Genuine Understanding
Necessary and Sufficient Conditions
More on Encounter Groups
References
Abraham Maslow and Transpersonal Psychology
341(33)
Personal History
342(1)
Intellectual Antecedents
343(2)
Psychoanalysis
344(1)
Social Anthropology
344(1)
Gestalt Psychology
344(1)
Kurt Goldstein
344(1)
Major Concepts
345(10)
Hierarchy of Needs
345(2)
Self-actualization
347(5)
Peak Experiences
352(2)
Eupsychia
354(1)
Synergy
354(1)
Dynamics
355(2)
Psychological Growth
355(1)
Obstacles to Growth
355(2)
Structure
357(3)
Body
357(1)
Social Relationships
357(1)
Will
357(1)
Emotions
357(1)
Intellect
358(1)
Self
358(1)
Therapist
358(2)
Recent Developments: Maslow's Influence
360(1)
Evaluation
360(1)
Transpersonal Psychology
361(7)
Approaches to Transpersonal Psychology
362(1)
The Perennial Model
363(1)
A New Paradigm
364(1)
The Work of Ken Wilber
365(1)
The Work of Stanislav Grof
366(1)
The Work of Michael Washburn
367(1)
Psychosynthesis
368(1)
Evaluation of Transpersonal Psychology
368(1)
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from ``The Plateau Experience''
368(1)
Chapter Highlights
369(1)
Key Concepts
370(1)
Annotated Bibliography
371(1)
Web Sites
371(1)
References
371(3)
Web Materials
Deficiency Psychology and Being Psychology
Yoga and the Hindu Tradition
374(28)
History
375(1)
The Bhagavad-Gita
375(1)
Major Concepts
375(14)
Three Principles of Creation
375(1)
Consciousness
376(1)
Karma
377(1)
Subconscious Tendencies
377(1)
Schools of Yoga
378(11)
Dynamics
389(4)
Psychological Growth
389(3)
Obstacles to Growth
392(1)
Structure
393(3)
Body
393(1)
Social Relationships
393(1)
Intellect
394(1)
Self
395(1)
Teacher
395(1)
Evaluation
396(1)
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Radha: Diary of a Woman's Search
397(1)
Chapter Highlights
398(1)
Key Concepts
398(2)
Annotated Bibliography
400(1)
Web Sites
400(1)
References
400(2)
Web Materials
History
The Vedic Period
The Classical Period
Spirit and Nature
Zen and the Buddhist Tradition
402(35)
History
404(2)
Major Concepts
406(9)
The Three Characteristics of Existence
406(1)
The Four Noble Truths
407(3)
Meditation
410(3)
Enlightenment
413(1)
Arhat and Bodhisattva
414(1)
Dynamics
415(7)
Psychological Growth
415(2)
Obstacles to Growth
417(5)
Structure
422(8)
Body
422(3)
Social Relationships
425(1)
Will
426(1)
Emotions
427(1)
Intellect
427(1)
Self
428(1)
Teacher
428(1)
Evaluation
428(2)
Recent Developments: The Influence of Buddhism
430(2)
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from The Wild, White Goose
432(1)
Chapter Highlights
433(1)
Key Concepts
434(1)
Annotated Bibliography
434(1)
Web Sites
435(1)
References
435(2)
Web Materials
History
Sufism and the Islamic Tradition
437(24)
History
439(1)
Islam
439(1)
Major Concepts
439(8)
Four Stages of Sufi Practice
439(2)
Paths of Sufism
441(3)
The Self (Nafs)
444(2)
Annihilation and Return
446(1)
Dynamics
447(4)
Psychological Growth---Stages of Personal Development
447(3)
Obstacles to Growth
450(1)
Structure
451(4)
Body
451(1)
Social Relationships
452(1)
Will
452(1)
Emotions
453(1)
Intellect
453(1)
Self
454(1)
Teacher
454(1)
The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Forty Days: The Diary of a Traditional Solitary Sufi Retreat
455(1)
Chapter Highlights
456(1)
Key Concepts
457(1)
Annotated Bibliography
458(1)
Web Sites
458(1)
References
459(2)
Web Materials
Sufi Poetry
Remembrance of God
Opening Your Heart
Credits461(2)
Name Index463(8)
Subject Index471

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