Psychological foundations of personality : a guide for students and teachers /
"To secure a thorough and systematic knowledge of the personality picture, the author has tried to gather the accessible tangled threads of research data and sound psychological constructs which, organismically viewed, constitute our modern version of the dynamic human personality. To present t...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York ; London :
McGraw-Hill Book Company, Incorporated,
1938.
|
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | McGraw-Hill series in education.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "To secure a thorough and systematic knowledge of the personality picture, the author has tried to gather the accessible tangled threads of research data and sound psychological constructs which, organismically viewed, constitute our modern version of the dynamic human personality. To present the outcome of this ofttimes elusive study is the purpose of the present book. It is the author's belief that the student of psychology and education should become thoroughly familiar with the available knowledge of the fundamental mechanisms of human nature before attempting on a professional level the difficult task of changing the behavior trends or traits of others. Thus, this volume is offered as a textbook in courses wherein the nature of that most basic of all psychological concepts--the human personality--is given primary consideration. The book rests upon the principles and facts of genetic psychology. The author proposes, then, to be concerned with a study of the irreducible processes and mechanisms of human nature and to weave the materials, problems, and divergent views in psychology which are so often subsumed under the academic demarcations of child psychology, adolescent psychology, educational psychology, mental hygiene, etc., around the natural core and object of interest of human psychology--the personality of man." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved). |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Includes indexes. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 602 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | "Recommended readings" at end of each chapter. |