George Kelly
The Psychology of Personal Constructs
Published on 26. March 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-230-00841-0 (ISBN)
Description
Kelly's pragmatic approach to psychology arose from his clinical practice and has been a strong formative influence on clinical psychology and personality theory. Taking us through the development of Kelly's work and setting it in its historical context, this is a fascinating account of one of the foremost personality theories of the 20th century.
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Series
Edition
2008
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
206 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-00841-0 (9780230008410)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-03989-7
Schweitzer Classification
Person
TREVOR BUTT is Reader in Psychology at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He trained as a clinical psychologist and is a past Chair of the British Psychological Society's Psychotherapy Section. He is the co-editor of Personal Construct Theory and Practice and the author of Understanding People (Palgrave 2004) and, with Vivien Burr, Invitation to Personal Construct Psychology (Whurr 2004).
Content
Preface.- Issues in Personality.- A Pragmatic Approach.- Personal Construction and Meaning.- A New Humanism.- The Problem of Choice.- Psychological Change and Reconstruction.- The Unconscious and Human Destructiveness.- A Psychology of Understanding.- Further Reading .- Index.