Personality Theory (view)
Units included with this Open Author resource:
- Introduction
-
- Keywords:
- personality, Culture, Personality Theory
- Personality, Culture, and Society
- Sigmund Freud
- Carl Jung
- Alfred Adler & Harry Stack Sullivan
- Neo-Freudian Perspectives
- Erik Erikson & Development Throughout Life
- Karen Horney & Erich Fromm
- The Psychology of Women, the Stone Center Group, and Human Relations
- B.F. Skinner, John Dollard, & Neal Miller
- Albert Bandura, Julian Rotter, & Walter Mischel
- George Kelly, Albert Ellis, & Aaron Beck
- Trait Theories
- Biology and Personality; Sociobiology; Mindfulness and the Martial Arts
- Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, & Henry Murray
- Viktor Frankl, Rollo May, & Existential Psychology
- Yoga: A Purpose for Personal Development, and Buddhism: Zen and The Middle Way
- Kabbalah, Christian Mysticism, & Sufism
- Appendix A - Personality Disorders
- Appendix B - African Perspectives on Personality
- References
Summary
This is a personality theory textbook, with an emphasis on culture. In addition to traditional topics, chapters on Eastern and religious perspectives as positive approaches to adult personality development are included. There are also two appendices, one on personality disorders and another on African perspectives on personality.