Optimal human being : an integrated multi-level perspective / Kennon M. Sheldon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheldon, Kennon M. (Kennon Marshall)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Personality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ken Sheldon's comprehensive new book addresses two questions: how can individuals best integrate the different facets of themselves to achieve ""optimal human being"", and how can researchers best integrate the different levels of analysis within the human sciences to understand ""optimal human being"" in general? In the process, the book supplies two new frameworks-one for viewing the human sciences as a group, and the other for viewing personality theory within that group. Optimal Human Being features a multi-level model that moves from biologically based levels of analysis to

Contents:

Contents; Preface; I. Introduction; II. Four Levels of Analysis Within Personality Theory; III. Two Higher Levels of Analysis Relevant to Personality Theory; IV. Toward Integration; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-219) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-135-63625-7

1-282-37504-0

9786612375040

1-4106-1097-7

9781410610973

OCLC:

475941124