Explorations in personality [[electronic resource] /] / Henry A. Murray ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Edizione: 70th anniversary ed. /
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (810 p.)
• Disciplina: 155.2
• Soggetto topico: Personality; Psychology
• Altri autori: MurrayHenry A <1893-1988.> (Henry Alexander)
• Note generali: Previous ed.: 1938.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; FOREWORD; CONTRIBUTORS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PROPOSALS FOR A THEORY OF PERSONALITY; 3. VARIABLES OF PERSONALITY; 4. JUDGEMENTS OF PERSONALITY; 5. THE GENETICAL INVESTIGATION OF PERSONALITY: CHILDHOOD EVENTS; 6. PROCEDURES; Conference; Autobiography; Family Relations and Childhood Memories; Sexual Development; Present Dilemmas; Conversations; Predictions and Sentiments Test; Questionnaires; Abilities Test; Aesthetic Appreciation Test; Hypnotic Test; Level of Aspiration Test; The Experimental Study of Repression; a. Memory for Failures Test; Violation of Prohibitions ; a. Ethical Standards TestObservations and Post-experimental Interviews; Sensorimotor Learning Test; Emotional Conditioning Test; Galvanic Skin Response; Tremor Responses; Thematic Apperception Test; Imaginal Productivity Tests; Musical Reverie Test; Dramatic Productions Test; Rorschach Test; Miscellaneous Procedures; Reactions to Frustration; Social Interaction; 7. CASE HISTORY: CASE OF EARNST; 8. CONCLUSIONS; GLOSSARY; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Explorations in Personality, published by Oxford University Press in 1938, set forth a provocative and comprehensive agenda for the scientific study of human personality. Blending no-nonsense empiricism with the humanistic desire to understand the whole person, the book is as relevant to students of personality psychology today as it was to its many readers 70 years ago. Assisted by such eminent colleagues as Erik Erikson and Robert White, Henry Murray set forth a full theory of human personality, illustrated a bevy of creative methods for personality assessment, and presented the results of a
• Titolo autorizzato: Explorations in personality
• ISBN: 0-19-804152-7; 1-281-15904-2; 1-4356-3882-4; 9786611159047
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792244403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II