Human Motivations and the Dynamics of Calculus

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Cattell, Raymond B.

Psychology & Counseling

Praeger Special Studies

Motivation and Dynamic Structure

CHILD, Dennis

Continuum International Publishing Group

The Scientific Analysis of Personality

Written by one of the world's most eminent personality theorists, this book provides a simply written, comprehensive introduction to recent research about personality structure and the nature of individual differences. The Scientific Analysis of Personality offers the essence of Cattell's work on personality testing, reviewing the experimental, quantitative and statistical research which with the aid of the electronic computer is now producing remarkable new discoveries. After preliminary surveys of the methods by which personality can be studied and of hereditary influences on personality, the author expounds the core of his work on factor analysis and source traits of excitability, dominance, ego and super-ego strength. Chapters on the techniques of objective measurement, the motivation of personality, and the ways in which learning and growing up can be scientifically assessed conclude in a final overview of the wider social implications of personality measurement. Simplicity of presentation combined with a useful glossary of terms will encourage students and layman alike in the analysis of personality. The book will serve as a basic reference to current research methods for psychologists, sociologists, psychiatrists, educators and all engaged in mental testing.

Routledge

Personality theories based on factor analytic models have been criticized as inadequate because they describe the structure of traits without offering a good basis for predicting motivated behavior. Human Motivation and the Dynamic Calculus presents one of the few structured personality theories that directly address the problem of motivation. This update of the model Cattell developed in 1975 explains how goal directed behavior is predicted and reviews the many experimental studies which have been reported in the past nine years. The author points to a revolution in the field of applied psychology that makes structured personality-learning theory a useful approach in market research, advertising, and consumer behavior.

Human Motivations and the Dynamic Calculus

Praeger

Expanding on his earlier work, Cattell applies the Beyondist viewpoint to major ethical questions. Starting from the premise that evolution is the fundamental process present in the universe, he explains that human evolution is governed by natural selection among groups, which in turn, is based upon genetic and cultural selection among individuals. Since natural selection of individuals is directed toward forming a viable group, the genetic and cultural shaping of individuals must fit the survival conditions of the group. The goal of Beyondism is to find these ethical and cultural conditions that are necessary for successful evolutionary adaptation and advancement.

Beyondism: Religion from Science

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Originally published in 1950, the need for a small standard text on basic principles of personality structure and development had been very apparent to teachers of psychology for some time. There were many books illustrating specialized or applied aspects of the psychology of personality - such as abnormal psychology, educational psychology, child psychology, mental measurement, vocational guidance, etc. - but lacking was a treatment of personality study as pure psychology, concentrating on the fundamentals. The aim of this title was therefore to bring the general problems of personality description and development, normal and abnormal, into a single perspective and to integrate the principle fields of observation in clear cut generalizations.

An Introduction to Personality Study (Psychology Library Editions: Personality)

Mental Health

Abilities: Their structure, growth, and action

Houghton/Mifflin

Factor analysis;: An introduction and manual for the psychologist and social scientist,

Greenwood Press

Personality and mood by questionnaire (The Jossey-Bass behavioral science series)

Jossey-Bass Publishers

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