1st Edition

Interaction Concepts of Personality

By Robert C. Carson Copyright 1969
322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

"Personality" is an intimidatingly complex area of human behaviour, where empirically valid generalizations are not easily established or formulated, and where investigators at the time of publication were themselves a long way from the development of a commonly shared language and conceptual system. Originally published in 1969, Dr Carson’s book provided, for the first time, an empirically... Read more

Foreword.  Acknowledgements.  1. Introduction  2. Sullivan’s Conceptions: Beginnings of a System  3. Learning Interpersonal Behaviour  4. Varieties of Interpersonal Behavior  5. Negotiating Interpersonal Transactions  6. Contractual Arrangements in Interpersonal Relations  7. "Personality Disorder": Extranormative Efforts at Relationship  8. Psychotherapy: Disorder-Reducing Interpersonal Relationships.  Name Index.  Subject Index.

Biography

Robert C. Carson