Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality

First published in 1982.

1st edition: Winner of the 2004 IAA Life Sciences Book Award!

The first in a two-part set, this book takes a deep dive into the history and theory of existential psychology.

This book includes all papers presented at the International Symposium on Monitoring Behavior and Supervisory Control held at Berchtesgaden, Federal Republic of Germany, March 8-12, 1976.

This timely volume provides an up-to-date exploration of the affective profiles model, a person-centered means of understanding the affective system.

This book introduces a novel approach for examining language and communication in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) - discourse and conversation analysis.

This helpful book reveals a better way to find professional satisfaction and experience breakthrough success rather than searching for a new position or quitting and landing in the growing pool of unemployment.

First published in 1984.

Die 16 Lebensmotive haben in den letzten Jahren Einzug in Training, Coaching und Beratung gehalten und sind heute aus der Personalentwicklung nicht mehr wegzudenken.

A new method of estimating what affects IQ shows that life history and choice count toward your level of intelligence.

The second edition of The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology beautifully captures the history, current status, and future prospects of personality and social psychology.

This book argues for the importance of considering social class in critical psychological enquiry.

Human sexuality touches us all, pun intended.

Published in 1976, New Directions in Attribution Research is a valuable contribution to the field of Social Psychology.

Originally published in 1953 this book provided the first comprehensive account of methods of personality assessment by a British author.

The primary goal of this series is to disseminate information about major new research or applied developments in the field of personality assessment.

The affective realm is a critical, but often forgotten, aspect of schooling.

This special issue on the psychology of knowing about knowing bridges the parallels between social and cognitive psychology.

Contrary to the notion that leaders contribute to positive behaviour within organisations, this book reflects growing interest in the 'dark side' of leadership: the unethical and immoral personalities that can reside in positions of power.

Dieses Lehrbuch der Sozialpsychologie erklärt alltagsnah und kompakt, wie wir die Beweggründe unserer Mitmenschen durchschauen und ihr Verhalten vorhersagen können.

Identity Trouble assembles contributions from a variety of discourse fields to discuss the pressures on traditional understandings of identity.

The Handbook of Personalized Persuasion provides the most comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of the expansive literature on personalized messaging in persuasion.

Tracing the growth of the study of personality type from its roots in the work of Carl Jung to today s subtly nuanced type theory, I m Not Crazy, I m Just Not You shows how greatly our individual personality preferences affect our interactions with others.

Originally published in 1964, the aim of this book was to analyse the psychological processes involved in understanding personality, and to consider how the psychologist could help in making more accurate assessments.

How is it that cultures come into existence at all?

Society tells that us that being shy is a fault, but Annie Ridout says it's a gift.

Spätestens seit die Welle der Motivationstrainer Mitte der neunziger Jahre über Deutschland hereinbrach, ist der Begriff Positives Denken allgemein bekannt.

Harness your inner stength, confidence and stability with the essential guide from renowned hypnotherapist, host of The Calmer You podcast and bestselling author of The Anxiety SolutionIt's time to be the happiest, most confident and content version of yourself .

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Advances in Experimental Social Psychology continues to be one of the most sought after and most often cited series in this field.

As the 64th volume in the prestigious Nebraska Series on Motivation, this book focuses on impulsivity, a multi-faceted concept that encompasses such phenomena as the inability to wait, a tendency to act without forethought, insensitivity to consequences, and/or an inability to inhibit inappropriate behaviors.

A theory that attempts to bring order to the chaotic variety of conflict usually begins by distinguishing types of conflict and formulating general explanatory principles that relate and integrate them.

Philosophers defend theories of what well-being is but ignore what psychologists have learned about it, while psychologists learn about well-being but lack a theory of what it is.

Manage Your Mind is a book for building resilience, overcoming emotional difficulties and enabling self-development.

David Hume (1711-1776), philosopher, historian, and essayist, is widely considered to be Britain's greatest philosopher.

Investigating the current interest in obesity and fatness, this book explores the problems and ambiguities that form the lived experience of 'fat' women in contemporary Western society.

Situational Judgment Tests advances the science and practice of SJTs by promoting a theoretical framework, providing an understanding of best practices, and establishing a research agenda for years to come.

Across the lifespan we may experience moments of sublime intimacy, suffocating closeness, comfortable solitude, and intolerable distance or closeness.

This book offers a comparative analysis of value and identity changes in several post-Soviet countries.

As human beings we all have creative potential, a quality essential to human development and a vital component to healthy and happy lives.

Using Symbolic Interactionist theories and descriptions of the everyday life of self-defined 'shy' people, the book explores the social processes of becoming a 'shy person' and performing the shy self in public places.

This volume presents the reader with a stimulating tapestry of essays exploring the nature of personal autonomy, self-determination, and agency, and their role in human optimal functioning at multiple levels of analysis from personal to societal and cross-cultural.

"e;Kayser and Scott have written an excellent manual for mental health practitioners who care for women with cancer.