Cognitive-experiental theory : an integrative theory of personality /

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Author / Creator:Epstein, Seymour, author.
Imprint:Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2014.
©2014
Description:1 online resource (355 pages) : illustrations, graphs
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11754322
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ISBN:9780199927562
0199927561
1306562236
9781306562232
9780199927555
0199927553
9780199927555
9780190256227
0190256222
Notes:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
English.
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Summary:The book presents a new theory of personality, referred to as cognitive-experiential theory (CET). Currently there are a variety of personality theories that seem irreconcilable with each other. CET is integrative of all other major personality theories. This integration is accomplished by expanding upon current basic assumptions, including the assumption that all higher-order animals automatically construct an implicit theory of reality that is necessary for adapting to their environments and that is therefore inherently reinforcing. The system that accomplishes this is referred to as the exp.
Other form:Print version: Epstein, Seymour. Cognitive-experiental theory : an integrative theory of personality. Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, ©2014 xix, 333 pages 9780199927555
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Cognitive-Experiential Theory: An Integrative Theory of Personality; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE: The Theory; CHAPTER 1 The Basic Theory: Two Systems; CHAPTER 2 Evidence in Everyday Life of Two Modes of Information Processing; CHAPTER 3 The Content and Organization of the Experiential System: With an Emphasis on Basic Needs and Beliefs; CHAPTER 4 Motivation Further Considered and Emotions; CHAPTER 5 Interactions Between and Within the Two Systems: Conflict, Compromises, Synergy, Repression, and Dissociation.
  • PART TWO: Development and AdjustmentCHAPTER 6 Development; CHAPTER 7 Coping and Defense Mechanisms; CHAPTER 8 The Maladaptive Behavior of Everyday Life; CHAPTER 9 Neurosis, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychosis, and Autism; CHAPTER 10 Depression; PART THREE: Clinical Applications; CHAPTER 11 Psychotherapy 1: Constructive Thinking, Cognitive Therapy, Behavior Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; CHAPTER 12 Psychotherapy 2: Psychodynamic Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Psychosynthesis, Cognitive-Experiential Therapy, Relapse.
  • CHAPTER 13 Psychotherapy 3: Communicating with the Experiential System Through the Use of FantasyPART FOUR: Broader Implications; CHAPTER 14 Implications; Index.