Psychological Dimensions of the Self

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SAGE Publications, Jun 19, 2001 - Psychology - 334 pages

Arnold Buss offers the reader an in-depth look at the developmental aspects of self. In this comprehensive text, Buss uses multiple approaches (cultural, social psychological, developmental, psychoanalytical, personality, and evolutionary) to help the reader better understand the elements of self (e.g., body image, identity, self-consciousness, shyness, guilt, shame, self-discourse, etc.).

As he proceeds through each topic, Buss utilizes recurrent themes, arranged as dichotomies that offer a conceptual framework helping the reader see how the various aspects of the self are related. Compare-and-contrast tables in each chapter help students understand different approaches to the self in relation to one another. Chapter-opening outlines, chapter summaries, and chapter glossaries (along with a combined glossary at the end of the book) serve as helpful study aids.

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Contents

Glossary
45
SelfEsteem
47
Identity
87
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TitlePsychological Dimensions of the Self
Psychological Dimensions of the Self, Arnold H. Buss
AuthorArnold H. Buss
PublisherSAGE Publications, 2001
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized2 Oct 2008
ISBN076192020X, 9780761920205
Length334 pages
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Psychology / Social Psychology
  
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