Optimal Human Being: An Integrated Multi-level Perspective by Kennon M. Sheldon

Description: Optimal Human Being by Kennon M. Sheldon Optimal Human Being addresses two questions: how can individuals best integrate the different facets of themselves to achieve "optimal human being", and how can researchers best integrate the different levels of analysis within the human sciences FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The phrase "optimal human being" is used to refer to the empirically documented features that tend to characterize high-quality human functioning. "Optimal human being" is a profile that is developed within the book, by consulting what contemporary theorizing at many different levels of analysis might have to say about what causes a optimal functioning. Optimal Human Being has three major goals. The first goal is to consider the nature of optimal human being, with the aim of arriving at a reasonablely comprehensive understanding of the phrase. The second goal is to canvass and in some cases criticize the state of the art in a wide variety of human sciences (personality theory being just one exemplar), while also examining some possible linkages between these different perspectives. The third goal is to propose a novel conceptual framework for the field of personality psychology, in which the major domains of personality theory and research can be located. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of social and personality, clinical, development, and industrial/organizational psychology. Author Biography Kennon M. Sheldon Table of Contents Contents: Part I: Introduction. What Is Optimal Human Being? Hierarchies and Levels of Analysis: Locating Behavior in the Physical World and Seeking Integration Between the Human Sciences. Focusing on the Personality Level: Comprehensive Models of Personality. Part II: Four Levels of Analysis Within Personality Theory. The Universal Human Organism: Species-Typical Human Nature. Personality Traits and Individual Differences: The Meaning of Variability. Goals and Intentions: The Method of Self-Organization. The Self-Homunculus: Fictional but Functional. Part III: Two Higher Levels of Analysis Relevant to Personality Theory. Social and Group Interaction: Game and Role Theory Perspectives. The Emergence of Culture: Memes, Genes, and Other Themes. Part IV: Towards Integration. Optimal Human Being and Optimal Human Science: Summary Prescriptions. Review "...proposes a novel conceptual framework for personality psychology and its relation to other human sciences."—Book News"The book provides a well-documented argument for an integration of ideas from the human sciences....exceptionally well referenced, and includes both an author and a subject index, making it especially useful as a supplemental textbook."—Journal of Occupational Science"...this book provides a valuable organizational framework for conceptualizing positive psychology as it relates to personality research."—Journal of Personality Assessment"Ken Sheldon takes on what is arguably the most important question in all of the social sciences: What is optimal human living? The answers he provides are convincing, and they are grounded in solid empirical research. Sheldon offers a compelling psychological model for understanding the different levels of personality and situating the person within a complex biological and cultural context...a conceptual tour de force that should be read by academics, researchers, clinicians, and others who look to psychological science to make sense of human nature."—Dan P. McAdams, Ph.D.Northwestern University"Ken Sheldon proposes a model to integrate the human sciences with the biological and physical sciences....this convincing scholarly effort derives a value-free view of optimal functioning from the theoretical model."—Ed Diener, Ph.D.Alumni Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign" The author...presents the nuances and intricacies of many theories better than the originators of the theories themselves....The book should be required reading for professors and students interested in personality and/or optimal human functioning..."—Richard Koestner, Ph.D.McGill University Details ISBN0805841881 Author Kennon M. Sheldon Short Title OPTIMAL HUMAN BEING Language English ISBN-10 0805841881 ISBN-13 9780805841886 Media Book Format Hardcover Illustrations Yes Year 2004 Country of Publication United States Edition 1st Subtitle An Integrated Multi-level Perspective DOI 10.1604/9780805841886 AU Release Date 2004-07-08 NZ Release Date 2004-07-08 US Release Date 2004-07-08 UK Release Date 2004-07-08 Imprint Psychology Press Place of Publication Philadelphia Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc Publication Date 2004-07-08 Alternative 9780805841893 DEWEY 150 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Pages 250 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159744163;

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