1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454452203321

Titolo

Pioneers of personality science [[electronic resource] ] : autobiographical perspectives / / Stephen Strack, Bill N. Kinder, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c2006

ISBN

1-281-81325-7

9786611813253

0-8261-3204-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StrackStephen

KinderBill N. <1946->

Disciplina

155.2/092/2

B

Soggetti

Psychologists

Personality - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Editors; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 My Unexpected Life; 2 Pathways; 3 Discontinuities, Side Steps, and Finding a Proper Place: An Autobiographical Account; 4 A Report on Myself: The Science and/or Art of Assessment; 5 A Psychologist Grows in Brooklyn: Reflections from the Past; 6 A Lifelong Attempt to Understand and Assess Personality; 7 Over Half a Century of Playing with Inkblots and Other Wondrous Pursuits; 8 Have PhD, Will Travel; 9 From Freud to Gehrig to Rapaport to DiMaggio; 10 Confessions of an Iconoclast: At Home on the Fringe; 11 Speak, Memory, or Goodbye, Columbus

12 A Blessed and Charmed Personal Odyssey13 Ideas from My Undergraduate Years: An Autobiographical Fragment; 14 Chance and Choice: Change and Continuity: That's Life; 15 The Shaping of Personality: Genes, Environments, and Chance Encounters; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The field of personology or personality is enjoying great growth, spurred by findings from behavior genetics, evolutionary psychology, rethinking of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders definition of personality disorders, and advances in test construction



and psychometrics . This book traces the development of the field, written by those who were the pioneers of personality assessment. Sixteen autobiographical chapters written by the pioneers of personality assessment trace the development of the field. With accompanying photos and a concise bibliography from each contrib

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910148651203321

Autore

Aryan Stephen <1977->

Titolo

Bloodmage / / Stephen Aryan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Orbit Books, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-316-29830-1

0-316-29833-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (419 pages)

Collana

Age of Darkness ; ; v.2

Disciplina

813.6

Soggetti

Magic

Fantasy fiction

Soldiers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Welcome -- Dedication -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- Chapter 17 -- Chapter 18 -- Chapter 19 -- Chapter 20 -- Chapter 21 -- Chapter 22 -- Chapter 23 -- Chapter 24 -- Chapter 25 -- Chapter 26 -- Chapter 27 -- Chapter 28 -- Chapter 29 -- Chapter 30 -- Chapter 31 -- Chapter 32 -- Chapter 33 -- Chapter 34 -- Chapter 35 -- Chapter 36 -- Chapter 37 -- Chapter 38 -- Chapter 39 -- Chapter 40 -- Chapter 41 -- Chapter 42 -- Chapter 43 -- Chapter 44 -- Chapter 45 -- Chapter 46 -- Chapter 47 -- Chapter 48 -- Chapter 49 -- Chapter 50 -- Acknowledgements -- Extras -- Meet the Author -- A Preview of "A Crown for Cold Silver -- A Preview of "The Lascar's Dagger -- By



Stephen Aryan -- Orbit Newsletter -- Table of Contents -- Copyright.

Sommario/riassunto

"The people of Perizzi have survived the Battlemage war, but their future is looking darker than ever. Byrne is a Guardian of the Peace, investigating a series of murders in which the corpses were drained entirely of blood. Fray's expertise with magic is needed to catch the killer, but working with the Guardians destroyed his father years before. Choss, renowned as a fighter, must work for peace and defuse a war in the underworld that will make the streets run red. Kayja must use her skills as a spy to try to prevent a massacre that will topple two dynasties and destroy the fragile peace in the city forever"--