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1 online resource (xvi, 431 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Foreword / Irving B. Weiner -- Preface / Stephen Strack and Bill N. Kinder -- My unexpected life / Jack Block -- Pathways / Arnold H. Buss -- Discontinuities, side steps, and finding a proper place: an autobiographical account / James N. Butcher -- Report on myself: the science and/or art of assessment / Richard H. Dana -- Psychologist grows in Brooklyn: reflections from the past / Leonard Handler -- Lifelong attempt to understand and assess personality / Robert R. Holt -- Over half a century of playing with inkblots and other wondrous pursuits / Wayne H. Holtzman -- Have PhD, will travel / Samuel Karson -- From Freud to Gehrig to Rapaport to DiMaggio / Paul M. Lerner -- Confessions of an iconoclast: at home on the fringe / Jane Loevinger -- Speak, memory, or goodbye, Columbus / Joseph Masling -- Blessed and charmed personal odyssey / Theodore Millon -- Ideas from my undergraduate years: an autobiographical fragment / Edwin S. Shneidman -- Chance and choice: change and continuity: that's life / Norman D. Sundberg -- Shaping of personality: genes, environments, and chance encounters / Marvin Zuckerman. |
Summary |
The field of personology or personality is enjoying great growth, spurred by findings from behavior genetics, evolutionary psychology, rethinking of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders definition of personality disorders, and advances in test construction and psychometrics . This book traces the development of the field, written by those who were the pioneers of personality assessment. Sixteen autobiographical chapters written by the pioneers of personality assessment trace the development of the field. With accompanying photos and a concise bibliography from each contrib. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Psychologists -- Biography.
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Psychologists -- Biography. |
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Personality -- History.
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Personality. |
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History. |
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Psychology. |
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Personality. |
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Biography.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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History.
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Herinneringen (vorm)
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Biographies.
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Added Author |
Strack, Stephen.
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Kinder, Bill N., 1946-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Pioneers of personality science. New York : Springer Pub. Co., ©2006 (DLC) 2005054060 |
ISBN |
9780826132048 (electronic book) |
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0826132049 (electronic book) |
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1281813257 |
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9781281813251 |
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0826132057 |
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9780826132055 |
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