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SOCIAL ORIGINS OF MENTAL ABILITY Gary Collier
This volume is the first comprehensive, systematic survey of research into the non-hereditary influences on intelligence. Focusing on the cultural, environmental, and social influences on the development of mental abilities, Dr. Collier helps to advance the nurture side of the nature vs. nurture debate. He also offers a viable synthesis of supporting facts and ideas from the worlds of psychology, the psychology of personality, and cognitive psychology. This book will have a profound influence upon academe, the psychological community, educators, and policymakers. 1993 (0-471-30407-7) 320 pp.
EGO DEFENSES: Theory and Measurement Edited by Hope R. Conte and Robert Plutchik
This book explores the nature and manifestations of defense mechanisms and traces ego defense theory and research from Freud''s initial conceptualization through recent work in object-relations theory and other psychoanalytica
Table of Contents
Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues Involving Self-Concept (S.Harter).
Theoretical Perspectives on the Structure of Self-Concept (H. Marsh& J. Hattie).
Self-Concept Instrumentation: A Historical and Evaluation Review(L. Keith & B. Bracken).
Social Self-Concept (T. Berndt & L. Burgy).
Competence Self-Concept (N. Novick, et al.).
Global Self-Concept and Its Relationship to Stressful LifeConditions (H. Prout & S. Prout).
Academic Self-Concept: Its Structure, Measurement, and Relation toAcademic Achievement (B. Byrne).
Family Self-Concept: Ideas on Its Meaning (C. Feiring & L.Taska).
Physical Self-Concept (R. Stein).
The Influence of Age, Race, and Gender on Child and AdolescentMultidimensional Self-Concept (R. Crain).
Future Directions in Self-Concept Research (J. Hattie & H.Marsh).
Clinical Applications of a Context-Dependent, MultidimensionalModel of Self-Concept (B. Bracken).
Appendix.
Indexes.
