Abstract
Introduction: Personality and personology The nature and models of personality theorizing. Theories and their classification: The conflict model: psychosocial version Conflict model: intrapsychic version Fulfillment model: actualization version Fulfillment model: perfection version Consistency model: cognitive dissonance version Consistency model: activation version. Issues and their resolution: Methods in personality study Rational and empirical analyses of core considerations Rational analysis of peripheral considerations Empirical analysis of peripheral considerations. Other relevant approaches: The behavioristic alternative The rise of social learning theory. Applications and the future: Psychotherapy and assessment Formal and substantive characteristics of the good theory of personality. Appendix of theoretical summaries.
Keywords
PsychologyPersonalityCognitive dissonanceConsistency (knowledge bases)Social psychologyEmpirical researchEpistemologyCognitive psychologyPsychotherapistComputer scienceArtificial intelligence
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Salvatore R. Maddi
(1976).
Personality Theories : A Comparative Analysis.
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