Adult Personality Development - Volume 1: Theories and Concepts

These stimulating companion volumes reflect an expansion of the coverage of Wrightsman's earlier book Personality Development in Adulthood.

They encourage readers to look at the evolving nature of their own lives, and include case studies throughout to illustrate concepts in a thought-provoking, non-technical manner.

List of contents

Conceptions of Personality Development in Adulthood
Psychoanalysis as an Early-Formation Theory
Theorists¿ Lives
Do They Determine Their Theories?
Erikson¿s Theory of Psychosocial Development
Psychobiography and Personality Development in Adulthood
Contemporary Stage Theories
Havighurst and Gould
Contemporary Stage Theories
Daniel Levinson
The Dialectical Approach
Change Versus Consistency in Personality Development
An Attempt at Integration

Summary

These stimulating companion volumes reflect an expansion of the coverage of Wrightsman's earlier book Personality Development in Adulthood. They encourage readers to look at the evolving nature of their own lives, and include case studies throughout to illustrate concepts in a thought-provoking, non-technical manner.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence S Wrightsman, Lawrence S. Wrightsman, Lawrence S. S. Wrightsman
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.04.1994
• EAN: 9780803944008
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-4400-8
• No. of pages: 227
• Series: Adult Personality Development; Adult Personality Development
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Esoterics; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology