Designed as a text for both graduate and undergraduate students, this book, originally published in 1995, presents an intrapsychic explanation of human behaviour - concepts based on psychological processes and -structures- within the mind. In this context, a unique treatment of personality theory is introduced. It focuses on Freud, Kelly and Angyal: Freud-s psychoanalytic theory of personality based on desires, Kelly-s personal construct theory for thinking, and Angyal-s holistic concepts of personality.
Each theory is given a detailed analysis in separate chapters. Freud-s psychoanalytic theory is cast as a theory of motivation, Kelly-s personal construct theory as a theory of cognition, and then it is noted that there is no comprehensive theory of personality based on emotion. Although Angyal-s holistic theory is rarely described in modern textbooks, Lester includes this because none of the other holistic theorists rival Angyal in their range of hypothetical constructs or de
