The Art and Science of Personality Development by Dan P. McAdams

By Dan P. McAdams

Drawing on state of the art character and developmental examine, this ebook provides a brand new and extensively integrative conception of ways humans grow to be who they're over the lifestyles direction. Preeminent researcher Dan P. McAdams lines the improvement of 3 special layers of personality--the social actor who expresses emotional and behavioral qualities, the inspired agent who pursues objectives and values, and the autobiographical writer who constructs a private tale. hugely readable and obtainable to students and scholars in any respect degrees, the e-book makes use of wealthy pics of the lives of recognized humans to demonstrate theoretical recommendations and empirical findings.

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