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Book SynopsisThe 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 experiential system, as it is an empirical system that adapts by automatically learning from experience. Because it operates without requiring conscious awareness it can be regarded as an adaptive unconscious system, however, this book reveals that the experiential system is not identical with an unconscious adaptive system, and is superior to that construct in several important respects.Humans, of c
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ; Introduction ; Part I. The Theory ; Chapter 1. The Basic Theory: Two Systems ; Chapter 2. Evidence in Real 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 2. Development and Adjustment ; Chapter 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 3. Clinical Applications ; Chapter 11. Psychotherapy 1: Constructive Thinking, Cognitive Therapy, ; Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy ; Chapter 12. Psychotherapy 2: Psychoanalytic Therapy, Client-centered ; Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Psychosynthesis, Cognitive- ; experiential Therapy, Relapse ; Chapter 13. Psychotherapy 3: Communicating with the Experiential System ; Communicating with the Experiential System Through the Use ; of Fantasy ; Part 4. Implications
