Personality category: 1900 books

Several years ago, two of my colleagues and I had the opportunity to interview Fritz Heider-perhaps the most influential theorist in the field of social psychology (Harvey, Ickes, & Kidd, 1976). During our interview, Heider affirmed a belief that had guided his career since the 1920s, the belief...

For several decades there has been an increasing move towards viewing the psychotic illnesses from a dimensional perspective, seeing them as continuous with healthy functioning. The idea, concentrating mostly on schizophrenia, has generated considerable theoretical debate as well as empirical research,...

This work explores the function of both divisive and uniting symbols in various conflict settings around the world.  It takes a fairly broad perspective on what constitutes a symbol, to include objects such as flags, signs, language, and monuments, all of which convey conflicting meanings in a society...

The publication of this volume at this time appears particularly auspi­ cious. Biological, psychological, and social change is greater during the pubertal years than at any other period since infancy. While the past two decades have witnessed a virtual explosion of productive research on the first...

L’intelligence ne prémunit pas contre les décisions préjudiciables. Vous arrive-t-il de téléphoner au volant alors que vous savez pertinemment que cela est interdit et dangereux ? Et pourtant, cela ne vous retient pas d’utiliser votre mobile lorsque vous conduisez… En d’autres...

La façon dont nous passons notre temps en dit long sur qui nous sommes ! Beaucoup d’entre nous ont le sentiment de manquer de temps. Il est le facteur qui décide de notre réussite ou de notre déchéance. Être organisé, c’est avoir un bon équilibre....

Nonostante la crescita esponenziale del sapere scientifico la coscienza continua a essere una realtà elusiva e misteriosa. Con il termine coscienza si indica l'esperienza che facciamo del mondo attraverso noi stessi e di cui gli altri ci attribuiscono vari gradi di consapevolezza senso-percettiva e...

Una delle sfide che l'uomo contemporaneo si trova ad affrontare, in un mondo esigente e soggetto a continui e rilevanti cambiamenti, è quella di riuscire a modificarsi mantenendo saldo il senso di sé, della propria continuità e coerenza interiore. In caso contrario, si può avere la spiacevole...

The assessment of individual differences has generated shockwaves affecting sociology, education, and a number of other behavioral sciences as well as the fields of management and organizational behavior. In covering the assessment of individual differences, this book pays tribute to the interests...

Over the past two decades theorists and researchers have given increasing attention to the effects, both beneficial and harmful, of various control­ related motivations and beliefs. People's notions of how much personal control they have or desire to have over important events in their lives have...

While insights sometimes are slow in coming, they often seem obvious when they finally arrive. This handbook is an outcome of the insight that the topics of social support and the family are very closely linked. Obvious as this might seem, the fact remains that the literatures dealing with social...

In this book you will discover how arrogance is the final ingredient that you need to execute your goals. You will discover why leaders are arrogant. You will discover how arrogance conquers all things such as, adversity, unemployment, homelessness, business failtures, depression, and Social media. Have...

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This book explores how and why humans are motivated to act in the ways that they do. The chapters examine the origins of a given action rather than their superficial appearance, which can often  be misleading. Kovac integrates the existing knowledge of the field of motivation into a greater theoretical...