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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815132803321

Autore

Combs Arthur W (Arthur Wright), <1912-1999.>

Titolo

Being and becoming : a field approach to psychology / / Arthur W. Combs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c1999

ISBN

1-281-86298-3

9786611862985

0-8261-0490-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

150.19/84

Soggetti

Psychology - Philosophy

Unified field theories

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. 257-265) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Being and Becoming; 2 Awareness; 3 Discovering the Self; 4 Meaning and the Self; 5 Challenge and Threat; 6 The Body: Vehicle of the Field; 7 Time and Opportunity; 8 Goals, Techniques, and Values; 9 Human Capacities; 10 Learning and Change; 11 Self-Actualization and Health; 12 Troubled Selves; 13 Some Implications for Human Relationships; 14 Organizations as Living Things; 15 Field Theory in Historical Perspective; 16 The Exploration of Meaning in Research; Epilogue: Criteria for a Perceptual Psychology; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Dr. Combs updates his groundbreaking Field Theory of personality. This model grows out of Carl Rogers' ideas on client-centered therapy and has long been a major influence on theories of psychotherapy and personality within the humanistic and phenomonlogical traditions. Here Dr. Combs ties field psychology to the paradigm shifts in biophysical sciences, and so provides a unifying frame of reference for all branches of psychology. His concise approach to the topic makes this book of practical interest to students, clinical psychologists and counselors, as well as academics teaching upper-level