03223nam 22006134a 450 991045445220332120200520144314.01-281-81325-797866118132530-8261-3204-9(CKB)1000000000576946(EBL)423382(OCoLC)437109758(SSID)ssj0000221946(PQKBManifestationID)11221228(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000221946(PQKBWorkID)10161075(PQKB)10664132(MiAaPQ)EBC423382(Au-PeEL)EBL423382(CaPaEBR)ebr10265622(CaONFJC)MIL181325(EXLCZ)99100000000057694620050823d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPioneers of personality science[electronic resource] autobiographical perspectives /Stephen Strack, Bill N. Kinder, editorsNew York Springer Pub. Co.c20061 online resource (448 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8261-3205-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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, Columbus12 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; IndexThe 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 contribPsychologistsBiographyPersonalityHistoryElectronic books.PsychologistsPersonalityHistory.155.2/092/2BStrack Stephen989602Kinder Bill N.1946-1028475MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454452203321Pioneers of personality science2444494UNINA