Differentiation : studies of development / Herman A. Witkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Witkin, Herman A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genetic psychology.

Developmental psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (418 pages)

Other Title:

Differentiation

Place of Publication:

New York : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1962.

Summary:

This book is concerned with deep-seated psychological patterns, encompassing the cognitive, personality, and social functioning of the individual. It also deals with the stability of these patterns during development and with their origin in early experience in the family. A conceptual framework, supported by an extensive body of research evidence, is offered, interrelating the areas of functioning represented in these psychological patterns. Psychological Differentiation seeks particularly to bring together cognitive and personality aspects of development, in contrast to most books in the field, which have not given particular attention to the interrelation between these areas. The authors have also contributed to the development of controlled experimental procedures for the study of personality. Included is an extensive bibliography and a comprehensive survey of the literature in the field.

Contents:

Introduction

The concept of differentiation

Method of study

Analytical functioning in perception

Analytical functioning in intellectual activities

Structuring and articulation of experience

Articulation of the body concept

Sense of separate identity

Nature of controls and defenses

Activity

Verbal skills

Adjustment and pathology

Sex differences

Self-consistency as a function of extent of differentiation: A review

Case studies

The problem of origins of differences in level of differentiation

Interviews with mothers: Procedure and main results

Characteristics of mother as a person

Mothers' interactions with children

Further studies of the "mother as a person"

Children's views of parents

Parent-child relationships: An overview

Stability of psychological patterns during growth and in adulthood

Psychological individuality.

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