The Behavior of Persons - Hardcover

Peter G. Ossorio

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1891700049 ISBN 13: 9781891700040

Publisher: Descriptive Psychology Press, 2006

Synopsis

The Behavior of Persons is the capstone of an extraordinary construction, the summary of a life's work devoted to a single task. What that task is, why it is worth accomplishing, and how it has been, in fact, accomplished are all matters explored at length in the book itself. Peter G. Ossorio in his life's work accomplished a monumental undertaking: he articulated the complex and fundamental conceptual structure known as the Person concept. Ossorio's work has made it possible to talk clearly and accurately about matters of great significance: persons, behavior, community, language, and the real world within which all these have their place. All these, and more, are parts of this single conceptual structure. By articulating the Person concept in detail and with great rigor, Ossorio has laid the foundation for both a genuinely scientific study of behavior, and powerfully effective practical methods of functioning in these realms. Both of these claims are amply exemplified in this book.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter G. Ossorio is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Colorado in Boulder. After receiving his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from UCLA in 1961, he joined the clinical psychology faculty in Boulder where he taught, supervised, mentored, wrote and conducted research for his entire academic career, and where he founded a discipline that came to be known as Descriptive Psychology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Descriptive Psychology Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1891700049
• ISBN 13: 9781891700040
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 465