The Foundations of Personality

Excerpts:Man's interest in character is founded on an intensely practical need. In whatsoever relationship we deal with our fellows we base our intercourse largely on our understanding of their characters. The trader asks concerning his customer Is he honest? and the teacher asks about the pupil Is he earnest? The friend bases his friendship on his good opinion of his friend; the foe seeks to know the weak points in the hated one's make-up; and the maiden yearning for her lover whispers to herself Is he true? Upon our success in reading the character of others upon our understanding of ourselves hangs a good deal of our life's success or failure...CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONI: THE ORGANIC BASIS OF CHARACTERII: THE ENVIRONMENTAL BASIS OF CHARACTERIII: MEMORY AND HABITIV: STIMULATION INHIBITION ORGANIZING ENERGY CHOICE AND CONSCIOUSNESSV: HYSTERIA SUBCONSCIOUSNESS AND FREUDIANISMVI: EMOTION INSTINCT INTELLIGENCE AND WILLVII: EXCITEMENT MONOTONY AND INTERESTVIII: THE SENTIMENTS OF LOVE FRIENDSHIP HATE PITY AND DUTY COMPENSATION AND ESCAPEIX: ENERGY RELEASE AND THE EMOTIONSX: COURAGE RESIGNATION SUBLIMATION PATIENCE THE WISH AND ANHEDONIAXI: THE EVOLUTION OF CHARACTER WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE GROWTH OF PURPOSE AND PERSONALITYXII: THE METHODS OF PURPOSE-WORK CHARACTERSXIII: THE QUALITIES OF THE LEADER AND THE FOLLOWERXIV: SEX CHARACTERS AND DOMESTICITYXV: PLAY RECREATION HUMOR AND PLEASURE SEEKINGXVI: RELIGIOUS CHARACTERS: DISHARMONY IN CHARACTERXVII: SOME CHARACTER TYPES