Authors: B.R. Hergenhahn, Matthew Olson
ISBN-13: 9780205798780, ISBN-10: 0205798780
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: July 2010
Edition: 8th Edition
Matthew Olson earned his undergraduate degree in 1973 at The University of California, Davis, and completed his PhD in Experimental Psychology at The University of Michigan in 1977. He joined the faculty at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1977, where he continues to enjoy teaching undergraduate students and writing.
B. R. Hergenhahn (1934–2007), Professor Emeritus, Hamline University.
For Sophomore/Junior level courses in Theories of Personality, Personality, or Personality Psychology.
Using a theorist-by-theorist approach, this comprehensive introduction to personality theory gives students the history of psychology with practical information to help them understand their own lives and their relationships with others. Primary sources, abundant biographical information and supporting research are used to descibe and detail each theorist, presenting the theories of personality in an accessible and unbiased way.
Preface | ||
Ch. 1 | Introduction: Theories of Personality | 1 |
Pt. I | Foundations of Personality Theory: Prologue | 13 |
Ch. 2 | Sigmund Freud: Psychoanalysis | 17 |
Ch. 3 | Carl Gustav Jung: Analytical Psychology | 79 |
Ch. 4 | Alfred Adler: Individual Psychology | 123 |
Pt. II | Clinically-Based Neoanalytic Theories: Prologue | 161 |
Ch. 5 | Karen Horney: Neurosis and Human Growth | 165 |
Ch. 6 | Erich Fromm: The Escape from Freedom | 185 |
Ch. 7 | Harry Stack Sullivan: The Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry | 209 |
Ch. 8 | Erik Erikson: Ego Psychology | 241 |
Pt. III | Research-Oriented Theories of Personality: Prologue | 277 |
Ch. 9 | Gordon W. Allport, Henry A. Murray: Trait Theory/Personology | 281 |
Ch. 10 | Raymond B. Cattell: Factor-Analytic Theory | 323 |
Ch. 11 | George A. Kelly: The Psychology of Personal Constructs | 349 |
Pt. IV | Humanistic and Existential Psychology: Prologue | 383 |
Ch. 12 | Carl R. Rogers: Self-Actualization Theory (I) | 385 |
Ch. 13 | Abraham H. Maslow: Self-Actualization Theory (II) | 413 |
Ch. 14 | Rollo May: Existential Psychology | 439 |
Pt. V | The Behaviorist Alternative: Prologue | 465 |
Ch. 15 | B.F. Skinner: Radical Behaviorism | 469 |
Ch. 16 | John Dollard and Neal E. Miller, Albert Bandura: More Eclectic Behaviorist Approaches | 505 |
Ch. 17 | Conclusion: Perspectives and Postscript | 533 |
App.: Case Material for Use with the Study Questions | 553 | |
References | 559 | |
Credits | 583 | |
Index | 585 |