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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reiss, Steven, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 201 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Normal Personality, Steven Reiss 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. Reiss shows how normal motives - not anxiety or traumatic childhood experiences - underlie many personality and relationship problems, such as divorce, infidelity, combativeness, workaholism, loneliness, authoritarianism, weak leadership style, perfectionism, underachievement, arrogance, extravagance, pompousness, disloyalty, disorganisation, and over-anxiety. Calling for greater understanding and tolerance of all kinds of personalities, Reiss applies his theory of motivation to leadership, human development, relationships, and counselling.

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-191) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-18477-0

1-282-00129-9

0-511-47963-8

9786612001291

1-139-16745-6

0-511-47722-8

0-511-48043-1

0-511-47578-0

0-511-47874-7

OCLC:

437090023