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1 online resource (381 pages) : illustrations |
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PART I: CULTURE AND PERSONALITY THEORY AND RESEARCH -- A Survey of Culture and Personality Theory and Research / Milton Singer -- PART II: SOCIAL THEORY AND PERSONALITY -- Social Systems, Personality, and Functional Analysis / Melford Spiro -- The Psychic Unity of Human Groups / Anthony Wallace -- Social Structure and the Development of Personality / Talcott Parsons -- Modal Personality and Adjustment to the Soviet Socio-Political System / Anlex Inkeles, Eugenia Hanfmann, and Helen Beier -- Two Types of Modal Personality Models / George Devereux -- Slavery and Personality / Stanley Elkins -- PART III: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN THE CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF PERSONALITY -- Personality and Social Interaction / Daniel Miller -- Personality Study and Culture / Bert Kaplan -- Linguistic Aspects of Cross-Cultural Personality Study / Dell Hymes -- Art and Mythology / George Devereus and Weston La Barre -- Key Issues in the Cross Cultural Study of Mental Disorders / Donald Kennedy -- An American Researcher in Paris: Interviewing Frenchman / Daniel Lerner -- PART IV: PROBLEMS OF CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH -- Transcultural Variables and Conceptual Equivalence / Robert Sears -- Behavior Units for the Comparative Study of Cultures / Roger Barker and Louise Barker -- A Modal Personality Technique in the Study of Menomini Acculturation / Louise Spindler and George Spindler -- Basic Personality in a New Zealand Maori Community / Ernest Beaglehole and James Ritchie -- Personality Study in Israeli Kibbutizm / Albert Rabin -- PART V: APPROACHES TO CROSS-CULTURAL PERSONALITY STUDY -- Cross-Cultural Psychiatric Interviewing / G. Morris Carstairs -- Dream Analysis / Dorothy Eggan -- The Interpretation of Dreams in Anthropological Field Work: A Case Study / John Honigmann -- Projective Tests in Cross-Cultural Research / William Henry -- Symbolic Analysis in the Cross-Cultural Study of Personality / George de Vos -- A Young Thai in the Countryside / Lucien Hanks and Herbert Phillips -- Editor's Epilogue: A Final Word / Bert Kaplan |
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"This is a book about individuals in society. It is not concerned with all there is to say about either society or individuals. Rather, selected principles from psychology will be employed in the analysis of episodes from the lives of a few persons as they live in close proximity to a few other persons. The principles found most useful in this analysis have come from psychoanalysis and other dynamic psychologies, field theory and learning theory. The approach used in this book is the alternation of case material with theories drawn from differing psychological perspectives. Theory lends meaning to the case data, while the accounts of striving human beings lend enrichment to theory. The case histories are unique because of the peculiar experiences which each individual has had. In a larger sense, however, this uniqueness fades when viewed as variations of experiences which you and I have had, or will have, or might have had. Through the use of case material I hope we will see how the universal and particular are inextricably bound. In this book you will find more raw data in the case histories than is customary. I have deliberately included this material for two reasons: I believe that students who have had a good introduction to psychological concepts can profitably grapple with such data. My second reason-any interpretation stems from a particular conceptual scheme; if you do not agree with my interpretations, you have practically all the data I have used and may apply your own scheme for a better fit. The book is intended for the student or general reader who has had a substantial first course in psychology. At the end of most of the chapters I have listed suggested readings for your benefit if you wish to pursue the intricacies of personality study in greater scope and depth"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-378) |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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PsycBOOKS (EBSCO). EBSCO |
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Personality
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Social interaction.
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Interpersonal Relations
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Personality
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Personality
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Social interaction
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Individu en samenleving.
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Electronic book
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