02830nam 22005894a 450 991078351060332120230607220521.01-306-71685-31-135-64584-11-282-32568-X97866123256871-4106-0246-X(CKB)1000000000244718(EBL)255577(OCoLC)171557761(SSID)ssj0000364262(PQKBManifestationID)11257358(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364262(PQKBWorkID)10394609(PQKB)10978797(MiAaPQ)EBC255577(Au-PeEL)EBL255577(CaPaEBR)ebr10110062(CaONFJC)MIL602936(OCoLC)742296017(EXLCZ)99100000000024471820010607d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPersonality as an affect-processing system[electronic resource] toward an integrative theory /Jack BlockMahwah, N.J. L. Erlbaum20021 online resource (265 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-65380-0 0-8058-3912-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-224) and indexes.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 IndexAt 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 this landmark book, Jack Block, who has spent more than 50 years studying the many facets of personality, takes a long look at current debates and finds common ground on which to construct an integrative model. Perceiving more congruence among disparate formulations than has hitherto been apprePersonalityPersonality.155.2Block Jack1924-2010.1532126MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783510603321Personality as an affect-processing system3778199UNINA