ISBN-13: 9780805839128 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 240 str.
ISBN-13: 9780805839128 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 240 str.
This work looks at debates and finds common ground on which to construct an integrative model on personality. The author elaborates his vision of personality as an adaptive system that enables the individual to maintain equilibrium in an environment that is both threatening and engaging. Taking in and organizing information and maintaining nondisruptive levels of anxiety while responding to outer and inner demands are the tasks of this system, which consists of a perceptual apparatus and a control apparatus operating in delicate balance. After presenting his model of personality, the author discusses its intellectual history and its connections to major current alternatives.