Donald H. Ford

Humans as Self-Constructing Living Systems

A Developmental Perspective on Behavior and Personality

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1987, the purpose of this title was to develop a conceptual framework for understanding individual humans as complex, functional entities. It was felt that a sound developmental theory of human personality and behaviour would help synthesize existing scientific and clinical information into a coherent representation of a person as a functional unit, guide future research, and facilitate the work of the health and human services professions. The volume is aimed at a multidisciplinary-multiprofessional audience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 804
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1197g
• ISBN-13: 9780367111984
• ISBN-10: 0367111985
• Artikelnr.: 69891301

Autorenporträt

Donald H. Ford

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Part 1: The Conceptual Framework 1. The Nature of Humans 2.
Organized Complexity and the Concept of System 3. The Person as a
Self-Constructing Living System 4. Processes of Change in Living Systems 5.
Principles of Human Development and Change Part 2: Human Personality and
the Content and Organization of Behavior 6. Biological Bases of
Self-Organization and Self-Construction 7.
Information-Consciousness-Attention (ICA) Arousal 8. Information
Transactions and Perception 9. Cognition, Information Processing, and
Remembering 10. The Directive Function: Intentions and Personal Goals 11.
Control Functions: Problem Solving and Behavior Organization 12. Regulatory
Functions: Biochemical, Affective, and Cognitive 13. Energizing Selective
Action and Emotional Arousal 14. Transactional Functions: Organization of
Actions 15. Transactional Functions: Communication 16. The Person and
Personality Development. Epilogue: Social Implications of the Living
Systems Framework. References. Author Index. Subject Index.