Publisher's Synopsis
This text uses a theorist-by-theorist approach to personality theories, exploring how the personal histories, conflicts and intentions of each theorist contributed to his or her portraits of people. It presents the "sequence of thinking" for over 20 theorists and the changes embodied in the streams of their ideas over time.;The format emphasizes each theorist's life history as the basis for the ideas that constitute the theory. The theories are introduced with attention to historical, experimental and clinical research, and quotations form the theorist's own work are included. This edition features discussions of Albert Bandura's ideas on self-efficacy, including his developmental analysis of the differing and progressive demands on self-efficacy at various phases of the life cycle.
