Personality and Personal Growth

This text covers topics and theories which are relevant to both students' interests and contemporary psychology. Theories are brought to life by numerous quotes and extensive opening biographies. Providing insights into the minds of theorists, their work becomes easier to understand. This edition has been updated to include recenly published works by leading theorists, new thinking and developments about Freudian psychology, the latest material on the psychology of women, extensive coverage on cognitive psychology, new advances in transpersonal psychology and the psychology of the body, and new translations and scholarly material on Eastern psychologies - Yoga, Zen, Buddhism and Sufism. There is also coverage of biofeedback, hypnosis and multiple personality.