Kennon M. Sheldon

Optimal Human Being (eBook, ePUB)

An Integrated Multi-level Perspective

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The goal of this book is to summarize the author's research on effective and satisfying goal striving. The book is intended for scholars and students of social, personality, clinical, developmental, and industrial/organizational psychology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135636241
• Artikelnr.: 38247719

Autorenporträt

Kennon M. Sheldon

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Part I: Introduction. What Is Optimal Human Being? Hierarchies
and Levels of Analysis: Locating Behavior in the Physical World and Seeking
Integration Between the Human Sciences. Focusing on the Personality Level:
Comprehensive Models of Personality. Part II: Four Levels of Analysis
Within Personality Theory. The Universal Human Organism: Species-Typical
Human Nature. Personality Traits and Individual Differences: The Meaning of
Variability. Goals and Intentions: The Method of Self-Organization. The
Self-Homunculus: Fictional but Functional. Part III: Two Higher Levels of
Analysis Relevant to Personality Theory. Social and Group Interaction: Game
and Role Theory Perspectives. The Emergence of Culture: Memes, Genes, and
Other Themes. Part IV: Towards Integration. Optimal Human Being and Optimal
Human Science: Summary Prescriptions.