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Author Block, Jack, 1924-2010.

Title Personality as an affect-processing system : toward an integrative theory / Jack Block.

Publication Info. Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 239 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-224) and indexes.
Summary This work looks at debates and finds common ground on which to construct an integrative model on personality. The author elaborates his vision of personality as an adaptive system that enables the individual to maintain equilibrium in an environment that is both threatening and engaging.
Contents Preface; 1 Introduction and Orientation; 2 Some Logical, Psycho-Logical, and Definitional Matters; 3 Theoretical Orientation and Aspiration; 4 A First Characterization of the Personality System; 5 A Beginning Discussion of Drive, Percept, and Anxiety; 6 Drives, Tension, and Control; 7 Percept, Environment, and Perceptualizing; 8 Closing the Ring; 9 Clinical Implications; 10 Connections to Theoretical Alternatives; 11 Prescript: Developmental Aspects of Ego Control and Ego-Resiliency; References; Author Index; Subject Index.
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Subject Personality.
Personality.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9781135645847 (electronic book)
1135645841 (electronic book)
0805839127
9780805839128
141060246X
9781410602466