Preface 1. The Meaning of Personality, and its Place in Psychology 2. Theories of Personality 3. Traits 4. Types and Factors 5. Forces of the Environment 6. Theories of Basic Motives 7. Patterns of Maturation and Mechanisms of Defence 8. Psychodynamics 9. Projective Methods 10. Men in Groups 11. The Logic of Validation 12. Development of the Concept of Personality. General References. Essential References. Name Index. Subject Index.
Biography
Bernard Notcutt (1909–1953) First Professor of Psychology in the University of Natal, South Africa began his academic career as a philosopher. When appointed to a lectureship at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa, he would have taught both philosophy and psychology as was the fashion at the time and his interest in psychology grew from there.
