{"product_id":"the-normal-personality-a-new-way-of-thinking-about-people-paperback-9780521707442","title":"The Normal Personality; A New Way of Thinking about People (Paperback) 9780521707442","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Normal Personality\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA New Way of Thinking about People\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this book, Reiss shows how normal motives - not anxiety or traumatic experiences - underlie many personality and relationship problems.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteven Reiss (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521707442, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 15 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e212 pages, 2 b\/w illus.  29 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 1.4 cm, 0.31 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… In a time when children, and even household pets, swallow Prozac, Reiss revives a neglected diagnosis for worrywarts, wallflowers, daydreamers, pessimists, and eccentrics alike: normal. He broadens normality by outlining how abnormal behaviors can arise when life motives are obstructed or personal values contradicted. Reiss lists how various combinations of 16 basic desires lead to dilemmas that eventually bring people to counseling. He offers a way to manage personal problems, without cracking the medicine cabinet or the skeleton closet.' Science News\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn The Normal Personality, Steven Reiss argues that human beings are naturally intolerant of people who express values significantly different from their own. Because of this intolerance, psychologists and psychiatrists sometimes confuse individuality with abnormality and thus over-diagnose disorders. Reiss shows how normal motives - not anxiety or traumatic childhood experiences - underlie many personality and relationship problems, such as divorce, infidelity, combativeness, workaholism, loneliness, authoritarianism, weak leadership style, perfectionism, underachievement, arrogance, extravagance, pompousness, disloyalty, disorganisation, and over-anxiety. Calling for greater understanding and tolerance of all kinds of personalities, Reiss applies his theory of motivation to leadership, human development, relationships, and counselling.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. My wife thinks something is wrong with me\u003cbr\u003e 2. The sixteen basic desires\u003cbr\u003e 3. Intensity of basic motivation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Normal personality types\u003cbr\u003e 5. Overcoming personal troubles\u003cbr\u003e 6. Six reasons for adolescent underachievement\u003cbr\u003e 7. Self-hugging and personal blind spots\u003cbr\u003e 8. Relationships\u003cbr\u003e 9. Reinterpretation of Myers-Briggs personality types\u003cbr\u003e 10. The sixteen principles of motivation\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. Dictionary of normal personality traits\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B. Reiss Motivation Profile Estimator\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C. The sixteen basic desires at a glance.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: The self, ego, identity, personality [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on The self, ego, identity, personality\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22The%20self,%20ego,%20identity,%20personality%20%5BJMS%5D%22\"\u003eJMS\u003c\/a\u003e], Psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychology%20%5BJM%5D%22\"\u003eJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004062781720,"sku":"9780521707442","price":26.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521707442i_c9ccb8ba-2200-48a9-8f57-ea91b06a0fde.jpg?v=1691380237","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-normal-personality-a-new-way-of-thinking-about-people-paperback-9780521707442","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}