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Becoming : basic considerations for a psychology of personality / by Gordon W. Allport

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Terry lecturesPublication details: USA : Yale University Press, c 1955Description: ix, 106 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0300000022
  • 9780300000023
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 155.28 A441B
LOC classification:
  • BF38 .A38
  • BL48 .T48 v.29
NLM classification:
  • BF 38 A441 1955
Contents:
The case for and against psychology -- The Lockean tradition -- The Leibnitzian tradition -- The goal of psychology -- The dilemma of uniqueness -- Disposition -- Unsocial beginnings -- The importance of early affiliation -- Tribalism and individualism -- Is the concept of self necessary? -- The proprium -- The fusion of propriate functions -- Critique -- Chance, opportunistic, and oriented becoming -- Motivation and tension -- Conscience -- Schemata of value -- Anxiety and culture -- Freedom -- Structure of personality -- The religious sentiment -- Epilogue : psychology and democracy
Summary: Modern psychology is in a dilemma, Allport states, for it has trimmed down the image of man as a free democratic being. He appraises the present state of the psychology of personality and indicates its relevance to human welfare and religion. This volume is based on the Terry Lectures, which the author delivered at Yale University in 1954
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 155.28 A441B (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 065926

Includes bibliographical references and index

The case for and against psychology -- The Lockean tradition -- The Leibnitzian tradition -- The goal of psychology -- The dilemma of uniqueness -- Disposition -- Unsocial beginnings -- The importance of early affiliation -- Tribalism and individualism -- Is the concept of self necessary? -- The proprium -- The fusion of propriate functions -- Critique -- Chance, opportunistic, and oriented becoming -- Motivation and tension -- Conscience -- Schemata of value -- Anxiety and culture -- Freedom -- Structure of personality -- The religious sentiment -- Epilogue : psychology and democracy

Modern psychology is in a dilemma, Allport states, for it has trimmed down the image of man as a free democratic being. He appraises the present state of the psychology of personality and indicates its relevance to human welfare and religion. This volume is based on the Terry Lectures, which the author delivered at Yale University in 1954

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