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Author Reiss, Steven.

Title The normal personality : a new way of thinking about people / Steven Reiss.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 201 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191) and index.
Contents My wife thinks something is wrong with me -- The sixteen basic desires -- Intensity of basic motivation -- Normal personality types -- Overcoming personal troubles -- Six reasons for adolescent underachievement -- Self-hugging and personal "blind" spots -- Relationship troubles -- Reinterpretation of Myers-Briggs Personality Types -- The sixteen principles of motivation.
Summary The author argues that human beings are naturally intolerant of people who express values significantly different from their own. Because of this intolerance, psychologists and psychiatrists sometimes confuse individuality with abnormality and thus over diagnose disorders.
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Subject Personality.
Personality.
Indexed Term Electronic books
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Reiss, Steven. Normal personality. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521881067 0521881064 (DLC) 2007018965 (OCoLC)133465427
ISBN 9780511480430 (electronic book)
0511480431 (electronic book)
0511479638 (electronic book)
9780511479632 (electronic book)
9780521881067 (hardback)
0521881064 (hardback)
9781139167451 (electronic book)
1139167456 (electronic book)
0511477228 (electronic book)
9780511477225 (electronic book)
0521707447 (Paper)
9780521707442 (paperback)
Standard No. 9786612001291