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This is Volume IX out of eighteen on a series of the Sociology of Behaviour and Psychology. Originally published in 1947, this is essentially to be a college text in courses dealing with the psychology of personality or with problems of mental hygiene, and to serve as an orientation to the interplay of personality, society, and culture. It should also prove to be a valuable supplementary text in social psychology, and in sociology, social work, and education courses dealing with personal adjustment problems.
List of contents
PART ONE: THE FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONALITY I What This Book Is About II Constitutional Foundations of ·Behavior, Neural and Glandular III Constitutional Foundations: The Interplay of Heredity and Environment IV Drives, Cycles of Activity, and Emotions V Some Aspects of Social Learning VI Mental Life and Interaction VII Groups and Culture: The Framework of Personality Development VIII The Language Development of the Individual IX The Rise the Self in Interaction X Language, Thought, and the Self XI Methods of Studying the Personality XII Theories of Personality XIII Types of Personality PART TWO: SELECTED PROBLEMS OF PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT XIV The Induction of the Child into the Family XV Other Aspects of Fundamental Training XVI Some Problems of Adolescence and Maturation XVII Pupil Adjustment to the Learning Process in School XVIII Teacher-Pupil and Teacher-Community Relations XIX Mental Hygiene for College Students XX Adjustment in Marriage XXI The Dissolution of the Family XXII Adjustment Problems of the Modern Woman XXIII The Relation of Occupation to Personality Adjustment XXIV The Personality of the Juvenile Delinquent XXV The Personality of the Adult Criminal XXVI Adjustments Associated, with Constitutional Deficiencies XXVII Neurotic and Psychotic Manifestations of Personality XXVIII The Neurotic and Psychotic in Our Society PART THREE: CERTAIN WIDER IMPLICATIONS XXIX Integration and Balance Through Religion, Art, and Avocation XXX Personality, Society, and Culture
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Kimbell Young
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This is Volume IX out of eighteen on a series of the Sociology of Behaviour and Psychology. Originally published in 1947, this is essentially to be a college text in courses dealing with the psychology of personality or with problems of mental hygiene, and to serve as an orientation to the interplay of personality, society, and culture. It should also prove to be a valuable supplementary text in social psychology, and in sociology, social work, and education courses dealing with personal adjustment problems.
