Being and becoming [[electronic resource] ] : a field approach to psychology / / Arthur W. Combs

• Autore: Combs Arthur W (Arthur Wright), <1912-1999.>
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 150.19/84
• Soggetto topico: Psychology - Philosophy; Unified field theories
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Being and becoming
• ISBN: 1-281-86298-3; 9786611862985; 0-8261-0490-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453967603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II