Humans as Self-Constructing Living Systems: A Developmental Perspective on Behavior and Personality

ISBN-13: 9780367111984 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 800 str.

Donald H. Ford

Opis

Originally published in 1987, the purpose of this title was to develop a conceptual framework for understanding individual humans as complex, functional entities.

Spis treści

Preface.  Part 1: The Conceptual Framework  1. The Nature of Humans  2. Organized Complexity and the Concept of System  3. The Person as a Self-Constructing Living System  4. Processes of Change in Living Systems  5. Principles of Human Development and Change  Part 2: Human Personality and the Content and Organization of Behavior  6. Biological Bases of Self-Organization and Self-Construction  7. Information-Consciousness-Attention (ICA) Arousal  8. Information Transactions and Perception  9. Cognition, Information Processing, and Remembering  10. The Directive Function: Intentions and Personal Goals  11. Control Functions: Problem Solving and Behavior Organization  12. Regulatory Functions: Biochemical, Affective, and Cognitive  13. Energizing Selective Action and Emotional Arousal  14. Transactional Functions: Organization of Actions  15. Transactional Functions: Communication  16. The Person and Personality Development.  Epilogue: Social Implications of the Living Systems Framework.  References.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

O autorze

Donald H. Ford