| Becoming: Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality Contributor(s): Allport, Gordon W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300000022 ISBN-13: 9780300000023 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1960 Annotation: Modern psychology is in a dilemma, Allport states, for it has trimmed down the image of man as a free democratic being. He appraises the present state of the psychology of personality and indicates its relevance to human welfare and religion. This volume is based on the Terry Lectures, which the author delivered at Yale University in 1954. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology |
| Dewey: 155.2 |
| LCCN: 55005975 |
| Series: Terry Lectures (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.13" W x 7.93" (0.33 lbs) 115 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "A splendid statement of the historical development of psychology."--New Republic "Provocative, penetrating, altogether worth reading."--Contemporary Psychology A distinguished psychologist outlines here the need for a psychology of becoming, of the growth and development of personality that he says "can best be discovered by looking within ourselves." Modern psychology is in a dilemma, Allpost states, for it has trimmed down the image of man as a free democractic being. He appraises the present state of the psychology of personality and indicates its relevance to human welfare and religion. This volume is based on the Terry Lectures, which the author delivered at Yale University in 1954. |