Personality theories : an introduction / Barbara Engler.

Content

1 Introduction: Evaluating personality personality theories
What is personality
What is a theory
The role of personality theory in psychology
The evaluation of personal
Philosophical assumption
Etc.

PART ONE: The psychoanalytic approach
Biographical background
The origins of psychoanalysis
The dynamics and development of personality
The structure of personality
The Ego's defense mechanics
Etc.

PART TWO: The Neopsychoanalytic approach
3 Carl Jung
Biographical background
The nature and structure of personality
Self realization
Jungian psychotherapy
Assessment and research in Jung's theory.
Etc

4 Alfred Adler
Biographical background
Social interest
Finalism
Striving for superiority
Style of life
Etc.

5 Karen Horney
Biographical background
Basic anxiety
Neutrotic needs or trends
The Idealized self
Feminine psychology
Etc

6 Erich Fromm
Biographical background
Basic human conditions and needs
Character orientations and love relationship
The analysis of society

PART THREE: Current trends Psychoanalysis
7 Erik Erikson and other contemporary psychoanalytic theorists
The Ego psychologists
The object relations theorists
Eric Erikson
Erikson's theory philosophy, science and art

PART FOUR: Behavior and learning theories
8 John Dollard, Neal Miller and B.F skinner
John Dollard and Neal miller, biographical background
The experimental analysis of behavior
Habits, drives and the learning process
Frustration and conflict
The integration of learning theory and psychoanalysis
Etc.

9. Albert Bandura and Julian Rotter
Albert Bandura: Biographical background
Reciprocal through observation
Television and aggression
Psychotherapy and behavior modification
Bandura's Theory: Philosophy, science and art
Etc.

PART FIVE Dispositional theories
Gordon allport: Biographical background
The nature of personality
Traits
The proprium
Functional autonomy
A definition of maturity
Etc.

11 Interactions theorists
Some historical background
William Sheldomn: Psychometric trait theory
Raymond Cattell: Biographical background
Catttel's definition of personality
Surface traits versus source traits
Etc.

PART SIX Humanist Theories
12 Carl Rogers
Biographical background
Rogers's Theory of personality
The fully functioning person
Psychotherapy
Assessment and research in Rogers' theory
Etc

13 Abrahm Maslow
Biographical background
Human motivation: A hierarchical theory
The study of self actualized persons
Therapeutic relationship
Maslow's theory: Philosophy, science and art

PART SEVEN: Cognitive theory
14 George Kelly
Biographical background
The person as scientist
Constructive alternativism
Fundamental postulate and Corollaries
The reconstruction of old concepts
Etc.

PART EIGHT: Existential and eastern theories
Rllo May
Biographical background
The existential attitude
Our predicament
Rediscovering selfhood
The goals of Integration
Etc.

16 Zen Buddhism
General characteristics of eastern psychology
Suzuki: Introduction of Zen to the west
The origins of Zen
The teachings of Zen
Entitlement


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Includes bibliographical references (p. 510-523) and indexes.