1st Edition

Humanism in Personology Allport, Maslow, and Murray

By Paul Costa Copyright 1972
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

Through analysis of the lives and theories of the three major exponents of humanism, Allport, Maslow, and Murray, the authors have marshaled some compelling arguments for an alternative to the extreme behaviorism of Skinner and the logical positivism of Freud. This work is a concise, clear synthesis of both broad theoretical positions and specific concepts that underlie humanistic psychology.The... Read more
Introduction; Theoretical Summary of the Works of Allport, Maslow, and Murray; 1: General Orientations Toward the Nature of Personality; 2: The Formal Theories: Relatively Concrete Concepts; 3: The Formal Theories: Relatively General Concepts; 4: Development of Ideal and Nonideal Personalities; 5: Representative Research; 6: The Men behind the Theories; Conclusions

Biography

Paul Costa