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Personality as an affect-processing system : toward an integrative theory / Jack Block.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 239 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781135645847
  • 1135645841
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 155.2 21
LOC classification:
  • BF698 .B545 2002eb
NLM classification:
  • BF 698
Other classification:
  • 77.52
  • CR 3000
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Contents:
Preface; 1 Introduction and Orientation; 2 Some Logical, Psycho-Logical, and Definitional Matters; 3 Theoretical Orientation and Aspiration; 4 A First Characterization of the Personality System; 5 A Beginning Discussion of Drive, Percept, and Anxiety; 6 Drives, Tension, and Control; 7 Percept, Environment, and Perceptualizing; 8 Closing the Ring; 9 Clinical Implications; 10 Connections to Theoretical Alternatives; 11 Prescript: Developmental Aspects of Ego Control and Ego-Resiliency; References; Author Index; Subject Index.
Summary: This work looks at debates and finds common ground on which to construct an integrative model on personality. The author elaborates his vision of personality as an adaptive system that enables the individual to maintain equilibrium in an environment that is both threatening and engaging.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-224) and indexes.

This work looks at debates and finds common ground on which to construct an integrative model on personality. The author elaborates his vision of personality as an adaptive system that enables the individual to maintain equilibrium in an environment that is both threatening and engaging.

Preface; 1 Introduction and Orientation; 2 Some Logical, Psycho-Logical, and Definitional Matters; 3 Theoretical Orientation and Aspiration; 4 A First Characterization of the Personality System; 5 A Beginning Discussion of Drive, Percept, and Anxiety; 6 Drives, Tension, and Control; 7 Percept, Environment, and Perceptualizing; 8 Closing the Ring; 9 Clinical Implications; 10 Connections to Theoretical Alternatives; 11 Prescript: Developmental Aspects of Ego Control and Ego-Resiliency; References; Author Index; Subject Index.

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