The Art and Science of Personality Development

by Dan P. McAdams

Book Overview

Drawing on state-of-the-art personality and developmental research, this book presents a new and broadly integrative theory of how people come to be who they are over the life course. Preeminent researcher Dan P. McAdams traces the development of three distinct layers of personality--the social actor who expresses emotional and behavioral traits, the motivated agent who pursues goals and values, and the autobiographical author who constructs a personal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1462519954
• ISBN13: 9781462519958
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"