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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783304203321

Autore

Sheldon Kennon M (Kennon Marshall)

Titolo

Optimal human being [[electronic resource] ] : an integrated multi-level perspective / / Kennon M. Sheldon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

ISBN

1-135-63625-7

1-282-37504-0

9786612375040

1-4106-1097-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Disciplina

155.2/5

Soggetti

Self-actualization (Psychology)

Personality

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 (p. 203-219) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; I. Introduction; II. Four Levels of Analysis Within Personality Theory; III. Two Higher Levels of Analysis Relevant to Personality Theory; IV. Toward Integration; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ken Sheldon's comprehensive new book addresses two questions: how can individuals best integrate the different facets of themselves to achieve ""optimal human being"", and how can researchers best integrate the different levels of analysis within the human sciences to understand ""optimal human being"" in general? In the process, the book supplies two new frameworks-one for viewing the human sciences as a group, and the other for viewing personality theory within that group. Optimal Human Being features a multi-level model that moves from biologically based levels of analysis to