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The biology of human conduct : East-West models of temperament and personality /
The Biology of Human Conduct: East-West Models of Temperament and Personality is a three-part book that explores models of temperament, typology and personality, and personality and conditioning. The first part has four chapters detailing the behavior genetic model; typological models; human typolog...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon,
1982.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | International series in experimental psychology ;
v. 25. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Biology of Human Conduct: East-West Models of Temperament and Personality; Copyright Page; Dedication; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; PART 1: Models of Temperament; CHAPTER 1. Behaviour Genetic Model; Introduction; Temperament; CHAPTER 2. Typological Models; Introduction; Nervous System Typology; Genetic Studies of Nervous System Properties; Summary; CHAPTER 3. Human Typology and Higher Mental Processes; Introduction; Summary; CHAPTER 4. Interactional Approach to Development; Introduction; Western Views; Soviet Views; Summary; PART 2: Typology and Personality
- CHAPTER 5. Theories of PersonalityIntroduction; State-trait Theories of Personality; Social Learning Theories of Personality; Questionnaire Methodology; Summary; CHAPTER 6. Strength of the Nervous System; Introduction; Indices of Nervous System Strength; The Concept of Strength-sensitivity of Nervous Processes; Neurophysiological Basis of Strength; Mechanisms of Excitatory Strength, Inhibitory Strength and Sensitivity; Strength-sensitivity and Personality; Summary; CHAPTER 7. The Orientation Reaction; Introduction; Models of OR Elicitation and Habituation; Functional Characteristics of the OR
- Dishabituation of ORIndividual Differences in OR Functioning; The Relationship of CR Acquisition and Extinction to OR Variables; Summary; CHAPTER 8. Mobility, Concentration and Lability; Introduction; 1. Lability, or Speed of Arousal and Termination of Nervous Processes; 2. Concentration: Irradiation and Concentration of Nervous Processes and their Mutual Induction; 3. Alteration; 4. Delayed and Trace Conditioned Reflexes; Summary; Relationships of Mobility, Concentration and Lability to PersonalityDimensions and to other Psychological Phenomena; Summary
- CHAPTER 9. The Structure of Nervous System PropertiesPART 3. Personality and Conditioning; CHAPTER 10. Sources of Variance in Conditioning; Introduction; Basic Models of Conditioning; One-/two-process Theory of Conditioning?; Associative Linking: the Neuroanatomical Locus of the CR; Summary; CHAPTER 11. Socialisation: the Search for ""Conscience""; Introduction; Social Learning as a Reciprocal Process; Conclusions; CHAPTER 12. Summary and Conclusions: Some Final Observations; In Prospect; References; AUTHOR INDEX