Personality as an affect-processing system toward an integrative theory

At least since Hippocrates, human beings have been trying to describe and analyze the behavioral and cognitive consistencies now referred to as personality. And in recent decades, no less than in the preceding centuries, they have generated a bewildering variety of construals and constructs. In thi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Block, Jack, 1924-2010 (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum 2002.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798057806719
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  • Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction and Orientation; 2 Some Logical, Psycho-Logical, and Definitional Matters; 3 Theoretical Orientation and Aspiration; 4 A First Characterization of the Personality System; 5 A Beginning Discussion of Drive, Percept, and Anxiety; 6 Drives, Tension, and Control; 7 Percept, Environment, and Perceptualizing; 8 Closing the Ring; 9 Clinical Implications; 10 Connections to Theoretical Alternatives; 11 Prescript: Developmental Aspects of Ego Control and Ego-Resiliency; References; Author Index; Subject Index