Personality Theories: A Comparative Analysis - Hardcover

Maddi, Salvatore R.

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An undergraduate text explaining and comparing various theories of personality. Chapters cover the conflict, fulfillment, and consistency models; methods in the field; analyses of core considerations; behaviorism; social learning theory; and applications. Includes an appendix of theoretical summaries, and a glossary. This sixth edition features a simplified writing style and vocabulary; a new chapter on the author's metatheory of personality; and separate chapters on each theory. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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"This is a very useful text for graduate-level courses... Maddi's framework guides students to think critically across theoretical frameworks and serves to provide a coherent and integrating perspective on the field of personality psychology." --Aaron Kivisto, University of Indianapolis

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9780256018004: Personality theories: A comparative analysis (The Dorsey series in psychology)

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ISBN 10:  0256018006 ISBN 13:  9780256018004
Publisher: Dorsey Press,U.S., 1980
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