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Theories of Personality: Understanding Persons (4th Edition)
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Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.2
EAN: 9780131832046
ISBN: 0131832042
Label: Prentice Hall
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: 2003-07-20
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Studio: Prentice Hall
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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 theories—Freud, Adler, Allport, Skinner, Staats, Dollard, Miller, Mischel, and Bandura. For anyone who wants a better handle on understanding the people in their professional and personal lives.
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Summary: Out-dated Theories
Comment: I had to purchase this text for my "Psychology of Personality" class. While my online shopping experience was great, I don't even know where to start with the short-comings of the text book. Who in their right mind would choose this as a learning tool?! Not only is it VERY poorly written (it doesn't flow at all, it's so choppy and semantic and boring - this coming from a psych. major - that it's incredibly hard to read, let alone retain the information).
Secondly, the theorists in the book are people like Freud and Jung. People who, granted, contributed a great deal to psychology, but who's theories are NOT used in therapeutic practices in current days. To try to apply them as such is ridiculous.
Lastly, each theorist has their own point of view, and contradicts the other (and themself most of the time), yet the author seems to uphold the view of each theorist... Which theory is one to assume is the most true? Of course I don't agree with any, but if one were looking for one to choose, one wouldn't know which one was 'the right one'....
It's almost like it was written by some grad student for extra-credit... It's like a REALLY LONG, REALLY bad term paper...
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Summary: Sublime Introductory Textbook
Comment: A wonderful introduction to the major personality theorists of the past century or so -- from Freud to Kelly -- written with insight, clarity, and a creative educational 'gimmick' that encourages the reader to apply the theories to many well-known personalities. Not only does the reader learn the fundamental ideas of theorists such as Jung, Adler, and Maslow; he applies those concepts to analyze the likes of Shirley MacLaine, Donald Trump, and Martin Luther King.If a textbook could be self-actualized, this one is it. Excellent!
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