The Art and Science of Personality Development
The Art and Science of Personality Development

Author: Dan P. McAdams

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2016-10-26

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1462529321

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Drawing on state-of-the-art personality and developmental research, this book presents a new and broadly integrative theory of how people come to be who they are over the life course. Preeminent researcher Dan P. McAdams traces the development of three distinct layers of personality--the social actor who expresses emotional and behavioral traits, the motivated agent who pursues goals and values, and the autobiographical author who constructs a personal story. Highly readable and accessible to scholars and students at all levels, the book uses rich portraits of the lives of famous people to illustrate theoretical concepts and empirical findings.

Social and Personality Development
Social and Personality Development

Author: David Reed Shaffer

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 622

ISBN-13: 9780495600787

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The success of this best-selling text lies in the author's belief that a good text talks with, rather than at, its readers. Shaffer does an extraordinary job of anticipating students' interests, questions, and concerns while treating them as active participants in the process of learning about social and personality development. The Sixth edition of SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT, International Edition features clearly written, current coverage of social and personality development that aids students in discovering the causes, processes, and complexities that underlie developmental change. Students learn why biological and environmental factors, contextual factors such as cross-cultural, familial, neighborhood, school, and peer-group influences cause change in children. Shaffer also explores the approaches that researchers use to test their theories and answer important questions about developing children and adolescents. This book's effective coverage of field research stands out from other texts not only for its accuracy and currency, but because Shaffer consistently juxtaposes classic research with the latest breakthroughs in a way that helps students appreciate how knowledge builds on earlier findings. This edition features a much stronger emphasis on cultural influences on development.

Outdo Yourself!
Outdo Yourself!

Author: Joe N Johnson

Publisher:

Published: 2019-06-25

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9781076037602

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OUTDO YOURSELF, 10 Tips for Improving Your Life & Being Your Best Self is a comprehensive self-improvement book. This book features 10 helpful and unique tips which are presented to aid people in improving key aspects of their lives. A full chapter is dedicated to each tip area wherein concepts are discussed and a step-by-step guide for implementing the tip is provided.At the end of each chapter, the author offers a personal story from his own life, wherein he discusses how he has applied that tip. Further, a practical worksheet is provided in each chapter for readers to use in applying that tip to their own lives.After all of the "primary" 10 tips have been discussed, towards the end of the book, a single chapter is devoted to the author's 20 "bonus tips". In that "Bonus Tips" chapter, (Ch. 11) the author offers his brief perspective about each bonus tip and explains how readers can apply those concepts to their lives as well. The bonus tips chapter is somewhat of a treat, as readers can quickly grasp the author's viewpoint on each subject matter. The primary 10 tips of the book Include: Tip I: Be Open to Change, Tip II: Consider Other's Opinions, Tip III: Separate from Negativity, Tip IV: Discard Personal Baggage, Tip V: Identify Your Challenges, Tip VI: Overcome Your Obstacles, Tip VII: Set Positive Goals, Tip VIII: Acquire New Skills, Tip IX: Diversify Your Friends, Tip X: Celebrate Your Successes, The 20 Bonus Tips include.... well, let's just allow them to be a surprise! After all, they are a "bonus"!OUTDO YOURSELF is a book which is loaded with practical yet highly stimulating concepts, perspectives and philosophies. These tips are proven to be helpful and effective as the author Joe N, . Johnson has used them professionally for more than 26 years. "Joe" is a Licensed Associate Professional Counselor and Business Professional who has helped tens of thousands of people "become their best" over the course of his nearly three-decade professional career. The model which Joe developed and is presented in this book is called "The Intentional Approach to Positive Life Management" (IAPLM). This book can add a great deal of direction and value to reader's lives and surely help them become their best self!For more about the author, visit Joe's author page on Amazon!