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Personality development created by Elizabeth B Hurlock

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi New York St Louis San Francisco Auckland Bogota Caracas Lisbon London Madrid Tata McGraw-Hill 1976Description: 503 pages. illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0070993602
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF698.2 HUR
Contents:
Part I - The meaning of personality; Chapter 1 - What personality is, 2 - The personality pattern, 3 - Symbols of self, 4 - Molding the personality pattern , 5 - Persistence and change Part II - Personality determinants; Chapter 6 - Physical determinants, 7 - Intellectual determinants, 8 - Emotional determinants, 9 - Social determinants, 10 - Aspirations and achievements, 11 - Sex determinants, 12 - Educational determinants, 13 - Family determinants Part III - Evaluation of personality; Chapter 14 - Sick personalities, 15 - Healthy personalities.
Summary: This text uses a chronological, life-span perspective to give a complete picture of development from conception to death.All aspects of development are included, and adequate space is devoted to each to enable students to feel that they are informed of the typical and normal development of each stage.The author provides a detailed description of how psychologists study life-span development and the obstacles they encounter in doing so. This new edition retains its strong coverage of adulthood and aging, while material in the text has been updated and expanded.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf BF698.H97 PER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 61746 Available BK785
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf BF698.H97 PER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 48931 Available BK113139

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I - The meaning of personality; Chapter 1 - What personality is, 2 - The personality pattern, 3 - Symbols of self, 4 - Molding the personality pattern , 5 - Persistence and change Part II - Personality determinants; Chapter 6 - Physical determinants, 7 - Intellectual determinants, 8 - Emotional determinants, 9 - Social determinants, 10 - Aspirations and achievements, 11 - Sex determinants, 12 - Educational determinants, 13 - Family determinants Part III - Evaluation of personality; Chapter 14 - Sick personalities, 15 - Healthy personalities.

This text uses a chronological, life-span perspective to give a complete picture of development from conception to death.All aspects of development are included, and adequate space is devoted to each to enable students to feel that they are informed of the typical and normal development of each stage.The author provides a detailed description of how psychologists study life-span development and the obstacles they encounter in doing so. This new edition retains its strong coverage of adulthood and aging, while material in the text has been updated and expanded.

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