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At least since Hippocrates, human beings have been trying to
describe and analyze the behavioral and cognitive consistencies now
referred to as personality. And in recent decades, no less than in
the preceding centuries, they have generated a bewildering variety
of construals and constructs. In this landmark book, Jack Block,
who has spent more than 50 years studying the many facets of
personality, takes a long look at current debates and finds common
ground on which to construct an integrative model. Perceiving more
congruence among disparate formulations than has hitherto been
appreciated, he 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, Block discusses its intellectual history
and its connections to major current alternatives. He lays out some
implications for practitioners confronted by dysfunction. Finally,
he traces the developmental origins of personality. Provocative,
innovative, and analytical, Personality as an Affect-Processing
System: Toward an Integrative Theory points to new directions for
all those who seek to understand human psychological functioning.
At least since Hippocrates, human beings have been trying to
describe and analyze the behavioral and cognitive consistencies now
referred to as personality. And in recent decades, no less than in
the preceding centuries, they have generated a bewildering variety
of construals and constructs.
In this landmark book, Jack Block, who has spent more than 50
years studying the many facets of personality, takes a long look at
current debates and finds common ground on which to construct an
integrative model. Perceiving more congruence among disparate
formulations than has hitherto been appreciated, he 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, Block discusses its
intellectual history and its connections to major current
alternatives. He lays out some implications for practitioners
confronted by dysfunction. Finally, he traces the developmental
origins of personality.
Provocative, innovative, and analytical, "Personality as an
Affect-Processing System: Toward an Integrative Theory" points to
new directions for all those who seek to understand human
psychological functioning.
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