The Self, Ego, Identity, Personality

In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces—ex...

This innovative study focuses on seven inherent personality traits humans share with primates; activity, fearfulness, impulsivity, sociability, alt...

An international cast of the top names in developmental research explore how researchers can use group data to understand individual patterns and p...

Massimo Marraffa and Cristina Meini re-connect the psychology of identity with its philosophical roots in this study. They trace the contemporary p...

Power is conventionally regarded as being held by social institutions. We are taught to believe that it is these social structures that determine t...

Once the basic premise of self psychology - that from birth to death we are utterly dependent on one another for the provision of psychological exp...

"Take Me to Truth" is the first book to address the fundamental problem that all spiritual seekers face on the journey to awakening; the ego. As Ga...

In 1956 Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas launched the pioneering New York Longitudinal Study, a systematic investigation into the concept of tempe...

This critique explodes the stereotypical assumption that men are more prone than women to aggression A cogent and holistic assessment of the theor...

The perdurable question, "Who am I?" points to a deeply rooted need within us to understand the basis for the experience of unitary consciousness k...

Gillian Brown's book probes the key relationship between domestic ideology and formulations of the self in nineteenth-century America. Arguing that...

John M. Doris has been a leading proponent of interdisciplinary approaches to moral psychology since their rise to prominence in the 1990's. His wo...

This book addresses the important area of dyslexic children' s perception of themselves and how this is shaped by people and processes within their...

Breaking through Schizophrenia builds on the ideas of Jacques Lacan who argued that schizophrenia is a deficient relationship to language, in parti...

Breaking through Schizophrenia builds on the ideas of Jacques Lacan who argued that schizophrenia is a deficient relationship to language, in parti...

While advice abounds from a variety of sources before parents embark on their parenting journeys, the only parent preparation we actually receive c...

Behavior Analysis with Machine Learning Using R introduces machine learning and deep learning concepts and algorithms applied to a diverse set of b...

Identity as a concept is as elusive as everyone's sense of his own personal identity. It is connected with appraisals made by oneself and by others...

What do the Promise Keeper's Movement and the Million Man March reveal about our notions of masculinity and paternal responsibility? What can such ...

This work, honoring Saul B. Sells, adds to the understanding of the science of psychology and the application of that knowledge to meaningful human...

Erich Fromm fought long and hard for the rights and freedoms of the individual. He also recognized that fundamental to this pursuit is the promotio...

Fantasies of omnipotence grow out of feelings of helplessness. We are all born helpless, completely dependent on others for nurturance and survival...

This book presents a close reading of four Indian narratives from different time periods (epic, Upaniṣadic, pre-modern and contemporary): Ekalavya'...

Originally published in 1983, Reflections on Self Psychology records the development of a powerful initiative to alter psychoanalytic theory and pr...

In this, the first sociology book to consider the important issue of how children identify with place and nation, the authors use original research...

Volume 3: Assessment of Children and Adolescents provides practical, authoritative guidance in the Rorschach assessment of personality functioning ...

Being partnered with a narcissist or borderline personality can be hard enough, but learning how to shield children from the fallout is paramount. ...

Originally published in 1979, Perceiving Others is an excellent, short introduction to the area of social psychology known as ‘person perception’, ...

It has been widely acknowledged that in the past few decades, there has been a 'narrative turn' - an interest in the storied nature of human life. ...

This volume argues that language, ethnicity, and identity are defined by the circumstances under which they are created. The foundational chapter b...

How do people make decisions when time is limited, information unreliable, and the future uncertain? Based on the work of Nobel laureate Herbert Si...

Life becomes difficult for the judges of others when they are presented with a number of facts about someone which all point in different direction...

This book explores the scope and limits of the concept of person–a vexed question in contemporary philosophy. The author begins by questioning the ...

This book seeks to understand how language teachers regulate and use their emotions to best serve themselves and their students. It furthers resear...