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Optimal Human Being


Optimal Human Being

An Integrated Multi-level Perspective

von: Kennon M. Sheldon

30,80 €

Verlag: Psychology Press
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 03.09.2004
ISBN/EAN: 9781410610973
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 256

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Beschreibungen

Ken Sheldon's comprehensive new book addresses two questions: how can individuals best integrate the different facets of themselves to achieve &quote;optimal human being&quote;, and how can researchers best integrate the different levels of analysis within the human sciences to understand &quote;optimal human being&quote; in general? In the process, the book supplies two new frameworks—one for viewing the human sciences as a group, and the other for viewing personality theory within that group. Optimal Human Being features a multi-level model that moves from biologically based levels of analysis to higher, socially based levels, and demonstrates how these different levels interact to determine behavior. The author then proposes a new way of looking at personality by examining four &quote;tiers&quote;: organismic foundations, personality traits, goals/intentions, and self-concepts, and demonstrates how these levels relate to the state of optimal human being. The book concludes with two higher levels of analysis relevant to personality—social interaction and culture—and proposes a new profile of optimal human being.Intended for researchers and students in social and personality, clinical, developmental, and industrial psychology and other social sciences, the book will also serve as a supplement in a variety of courses including personality, positive psychology, well being, personal development, and motivation.

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