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Personology: From Individual to Ecosystem, 4 th edition<br />

ISBN: 9780796224835<br />

Authors: Werner Meyer,<br />

Cora Moore and Henning<br />

Viljoen (editors)<br />

Copyright: 2008<br />

Extent: 514pp<br />

Format: Soft cover<br />

Description<br />

This best-seller provides a clear<br />

exposition of personality theories<br />

and covers the broadest possible<br />

spectrum of perspectives. Traditional<br />

approaches to personality theories<br />

are comprehensively addressed,<br />

while cutting-edge theories are also<br />

presented. This edition provides<br />

overviews of in-depth psychological,<br />

behavioural and learning theories,<br />

on top of person-orientated and<br />

alternative perspectives.<br />

An updated chapter on the African<br />

perspective of personality theories<br />

offers a new perspective on the debate.<br />

Current research that is particularly<br />

relevant to South Africa provides the<br />

reader with the opportunity to apply<br />

theory to real-life cases.<br />

Features<br />

• The interactive methodology<br />

incorporates outcomes, self-evaluation<br />

questions and activities, examples and<br />

case studies, questions, enrichment<br />

paragraphs, evaluation of theories,<br />

suggested readings, timelines and<br />

highlighted concepts.<br />

• Chapters follow a common structure,<br />

facilitating easy comparison between<br />

theorists.<br />

• An accompanying CD provides<br />

support to lecturers and tutors, with<br />

additional questions and answers for<br />

each chapter.<br />

Contents<br />

1: Personology<br />

2: Historical overview of psychological<br />

thinking<br />

Depth psychological approaches<br />

3: The psychoanalytical theory of<br />

Sigmund Freud<br />

4: The analytical theory of Carl Jung<br />

5: The individual psychology of Alfred<br />

Adler<br />

6: The socially-oriented psychoanalytical<br />

theories<br />

7: The ego psychological theory of Erik<br />

Erickson<br />

8: Post-modernistic approaches<br />

Behavioural and learning theory<br />

approaches<br />

9: The radical behaviourism of Skinner<br />

10: The social cognitive learning approach<br />

Person-oriented approaches<br />

11: The self-actualisation theory of<br />

Abraham Maslow<br />

12: The self concept theory of Carl Rogers<br />

13: The personal construct theory of<br />

George Kelly<br />

14: The existential theory of Viktor Frankl<br />

Alternative perspectives<br />

15: The ecosystemic approach<br />

16: Eastern perspectives<br />

17: African perspectives<br />

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