Weiner / Goldstein Personality: The Human Potential

Pergamon General Psychology Series
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-5334-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Web PDF

Personality: The Human Potential is a collection of psychological studies that reflect some of the author's experiences in analyzing human conflict and suffering. Based on the spirit of psychotherapeutic work whose goal is to uncover the core of the patient's personality, the book explores the major emotional problems of contemporary life, particularly the critical turning-points in people's lives. Its purpose and challenge is to indicate how our underdeveloped and conflicted minds may be better understood and, through understanding, help us to realize our human potentialities. It demonstrates how psychological understanding offers a person a rare, and not often repeated, challenge and opportunity to truly alter the course of his life. This volume consists of 17 chapters and begins with an introduction to the social and psychological ills of today, laying particular emphasis on the ''signals of decay.'' Attention then turns to the emotional development of man from infancy to adulthood in hopes of understanding the roots of our irrationalities and inner conflicts and discovering ways of resolving them. The chapters that follow focus on the concept of repetition compulsion, the behavior of uncommitted people, and problems such as schizophrenia, drug addiction, homosexuality, suicide, sexual problems, and pregnancy and abortion. The book also discusses panic states, marital relationships, antisocial behavior, and how psychology can help resolve the basic roots of an individual's inner conflicts so that he may be freed to fully realize his potentialities. Patients and psychotherapists will find this book extremely helpful.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weiner, Melvin L.

Goldstein, Arnold P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Personality: The Human Potential;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;Dedication;6
6;Preface;10
7;Acknowledgments;14
8;About the Author . . .;16
9;CHAPTER 1. Civilization at the Crossroads;18
10;CHAPTER 2. Anxiety and the Crises of Life;22
11;CHAPTER 3. The Repetition Compulsion;50
12;CHAPTER 4. The Uncommitted;72
13;CHAPTER 5. Schizophrenia;84
14;CHAPTER 6. Drug Addiction;92
15;CHAPTER 7. Suicide;96
16;CHAPTER 8. Homosexuality;102
17;CHAPTER 9. Sexual Problems;116
18;CHAPTER 10. Pregnancy and Abortion;122
19;CHAPTER 11. Marital Relationships;128
20;CHAPTER 12. The Broken Home;132
21;CHAPTER 13. Death of a Parent;138
22;CHAPTER 14. Panic States and Emergencies;142
23;CHAPTER 15. The College Dropout;150
24;CHAPTER 16. Conflict at Work;156
25;CHAPTER 17. Antisocial Behavior;162
26;CHAPTER 18. Man's Fate and Individual Responsibility;172
27;CHAPTER 19. The Place of Psychology in a World of Technology;180
28;References;184
29;Index;186
30;TITLES IN THE PERGAMON GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY SERIES;203