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Personal Project Pursuit is the first book to feature Brian Little''s highly respected personal projects analysis (PPA), one of the pioneering theories in contemporary personality and motivational psychology. The book examines both the internal and external dynamics of personal goals and projects and clearly demonstrates that human flourishing is enhanced when individuals are engaged in the pursuit of personal projects.The book opens with the theory and methodologies of personal projects research. The historical perspective on the development of the two dominant research perspectives from personality and developmental psychology is explored. Section II examines the internal dynamics and competing demands of goal formulation and project inception. The third part accentuates the role that social ecologies play in shaping the nature and outcomes of personal projects. These chapters highlight the importance of interpersonal relationships, organizational contexts, and the societal and cultural expectations in affecting the pursuit of personal projects. Ideas for orchestrating the environment to enhance human flourishing are explored. Section IV demonstrates how personal projects can illuminate and enhance human flourishing, from psychological well being to physical health. The book concludes with applications for enhancing human flourishing from individual counseling to public policy.Personal Project Pursuit is intended for advanced students, researchers, and practitioners in personality, social, developmental, industrial/organizational, health, environmental, clinical and counseling psychology interested in motivation and well being. An excellent supplemental text for courses on personality, motivation, positive psychology, well being, personal and life span development, the book''s applied focus will appeal to counselors and rehabilitation/occupational therapists.

Personal Project Pursuit is the first book to feature Brian Little''s highly respected personal projects analysis (PPA), one of the pioneering theories in contemporary personality and motivational psychology. The book examines both the internal and external dynamics of personal goals and projects and clearly demonstrates that human flourishing is enhanced when individuals are engaged in the pursuit of personal projects.The book opens with the theory and methodologies of personal projects research. The historical perspective on the development of the two dominant research perspectives from personality and developmental psychology is explored. Section II examines the internal dynamics and competing demands of goal formulation and project inception. The third part accentuates the role that social ecologies play in shaping the nature and outcomes of personal projects. These chapters highlight the importance of interpersonal relationships, organizational contexts, and the societal and cultural expectations in affecting the pursuit of personal projects. Ideas for orchestrating the environment to enhance human flourishing are explored. Section IV demonstrates how personal projects can illuminate and enhance human flourishing, from psychological well being to physical health. The book concludes with applications for enhancing human flourishing from individual counseling to public policy.Personal Project Pursuit is intended for advanced students, researchers, and practitioners in personality, social, developmental, industrial/organizational, health, environmental, clinical and counseling psychology interested in motivation and well being. An excellent supplemental text for courses on personality, motivation, positive psychology, well being, personal and life span development, the book''s applied focus will appeal to counselors and rehabilitation/occupational therapists.

Cum ne modelează personalitatea viața? Putem schimba ceva în această privință?Ești programat să fii mereu fericit sau condamnat la nefericire? Crezi că îți poțicontrola viitorul sau navighezi pe valurile unui destin necunoscut? Ai fi mai fericitsau doar mai puțin adaptat din punct de vedere social dacă ți-ar păsa mai puținde ce cred ceilalți despre tine?În ultimele câteva decenii, noile cercetări științifice au transformat radical vechileidei despre natura personalității umane. Neurocercetători, biologi și psihologi aureexaminat teoriile lui Freud și Jung, precum și psihologia umanistă a anilor 1960,răsturnând categorizările simpliste ale tipurilor de personalitate și dezvoltând noiinstrumente și metode pentru a analiza cine suntem. Renumitul profesor BrianR. Little, un pionier în cercetarea psihologică, ne împărtășește în cartea de fațănumeroase informații și explicații despre cine suntem, de ce acționăm așa cumo facem, ce putem și ce nu putem schimba și cum putem evolua cel mai bine,ținând cont de natura noastră.Profesorul Brian R. Little este un cercetător recunoscut internațional, care susțineprelegeri în domeniul psihologiei personalității și al psihologiei motivaționale.În prezent, este membru al Institutului Stării de Bine și director al Grupului de Cercetarepentru Ecologie Socială, în cadrul Facultății de Psihologie, la UniversitateaCambridge; profesor emerit la Universitatea Carleton. Anterior, a predat la UniversitățileMcGill, Oxford și Harvard. A fost ales trei ani la rând „Profesorul preferat“de către seriile de studenți din anii terminali de la Harvard.