2018/08/15

The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development (Oxford Library of Psychology) (9780190469238): Kate C. McLean, Moin Syed: Books



The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development (Oxford Library of Psychology) (9780190469238): Kate C. McLean, Moin Syed: Books

Identity is defined in many different ways in various disciplines in the social sciences and sub-disciplines within psychology. The developmental psychological approach to identity is characterized by a focus on developing a sense of the self that is temporally continuous and unified across the different life spaces that individuals inhabit. Erikson proposed that the task of adolescence and young adulthood was to define the self by answering the question: Who Am I? There have been many advances in theory and research on identity development since Erikson's writing over fifty years ago, and the time has come to consolidate our knowledge and set an agenda for future research.

The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development represents a turning point in the field of identity development research. Various, and disparate, groups of researchers are brought together to debate, extend, and apply Erikson's theory to contemporary problems and empirical issues. The result is a comprehensive and state-of-the-art examination of identity development that pushes the field in provocative new directions. Scholars of identity development, adolescent and adult development, and related fields, as well as graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and practitioners will find this to be an innovative, unique, and exciting look at identity development.
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The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development
Edited by Kate C. McLean and Moin Syed
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Erikson proposed that the task of adolescence and young adulthood was to define the self by answering the question, Who Am I? Following Erikson, this volume takes a developmental perspective on this question of identity, one characterized by a focus on developing a sense of the self that is temporally continuous and unified across the different life spaces that individuals inhabit. There have been many advances in theory and research on identity development since Erikson’s writing more than 50 years ago, and the time has come to consolidate our knowledge and set an agenda for future research. ... More

Keywords: Identity, development, narrative, identity status, Erikson, identity process, identity content, personality, adolescence, emerging adulthood

Bibliographic InformationPrint Publication Date: Jan 2015ISBN: 9780199936564Published online: Dec 2014DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199936564.001.0001

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Kate C. McLean, editor
Kate C. McLean, Western Washington University

Moin Syed, editor
Moin Syed is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. His research focuses broadly on identity development among ethnically-diverse youth and the implications of identityMore


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Part 2 Debates:: Identity Status Perspectives on Processes of Identity Development
The Identity Statuses: Strengths of a Person-Centered ApproachElisabetta Crocetti and Wim Meeus
Commitment and Exploration: The Need for a Developmental ApproachE. Saskia Kunnen and Marijke Metz
Identity Status: On Refinding the PeopleRuthellen Josselson and Hanoch Flum
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Part 6 Applied Issues in Identity Development
Identities, Cultures, and Schooling: How Students Navigate Racial-Ethnic, Indigenous, Immigrant, Social Class, and Gender Identities on Their Pathways Through SchoolCatherine R. Cooper, Elizabeth Gonzalez, and Antoinette R. Wilson
Transformation, Erosion, or Disparity in Work Identity?: Challenges During the Contemporary Transition to AdulthoodJeylan T. Mortimer, Jack Lam, and Shi-Rong Lee
Identity and Positive Youth Development: Advances in Developmental Intervention ScienceKyle Eichas, Alan Meca, Marilyn J. Montgomery, and William M. Kurtines
A Translational Research Approach to Narrative Identity in PsychotherapyJefferson A. Singer and Adam M. Kasmark
Youths’ Constructions of Meanings About Experiences with Political Conflict: Implications for Processes of Identity DevelopmentCecilia Wainryb and Holly Recchia


Part 7 Extensions
Puberty, Identity, and Context: A Biopsychosocial Perspective on Internalizing Psychopathology in Early Adolescent GirlsMisaki N. Natsuaki, Danielle Samuels, and Leslie D. Leve
Body Image and Identity: A Call for New ResearchElizabeth A. Daniels and Meghan M. Gillen
Cultural Neuroscience of Identity DevelopmentAlissa J. Mrazek, Tokiko Harada, and Joan Y. Chiao
Parenting, Adolescent–Parent Relationships, and Social Domain Theory: Implications for Identity DevelopmentWendy M. Rote and Judith G. Smetana
Who Am I If We’re Not Us? Divorce and Identity Across the LifespanJeffrey T. Cookston and Luke N. Remy
Identity Development in the Context of the Risk and Resilience FrameworkFrosso Motti-Stefanidi
The Dynamic Role of Identity Processes in Personality Development: Theories, Patterns, and New DirectionsJennifer Pals Lilgendahl
Identity Development in the Digital Age: The Case of Social Networking SitesAdriana M. Manago
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The Unbound Soul: A Visionary Guide to Spiritual Transformation and Enlightenment - Kindle edition by Richard L Haight, Edward Austin Hall. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.



The Unbound Soul: A Visionary Guide to Spiritual Transformation and Enlightenment - Kindle edition by Richard L Haight, Edward Austin Hall. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.







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#1 best seller in multiple spirituality, meditation, self-help categories, this fresh, highly acclaimed spiritual guide tells of one man's struggle to free his soul while guiding the reader to their own inner freedom. 

     "I can't remember a more transformative book." 

The Unbound Soul is a memoir that tells the true story of a young boy, who in the midst of a vision, dedicates his life to spiritual awakening. As he matures, this promise leads him across the globe, gathering ancient knowledge and mastering martial, healing, and meditation arts. 

Along the way, subsequent visions reveal the rapidly approaching collapse that will shake our societies, our economic system, and the earth's ecology to the very core. Tormented by visions of coming worldwide calamity, Haight presses ever onward in his search and eventually realizes the elusive truth hinted at in his childhood vision. 

But The Unbound Soul is so much more than a memoir. It is a powerful guide that reveals the profoundly simple yet elusive truth that illuminates your life and provides a set of powerful awareness tools to assist you on your personal path. The Unbound Soul is really about you and your path toward practical realization in everyday life. 

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  • Receive new tools of awakening that blend seamlessly into your daily life. ― "This book is worth getting just for this, but it's a whole lot more."
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  • Discover the nature of the mind, consciousness, the spirit and the soul, and how they interweave to limit or unleash the possibilities of your daily experience. ― "You will look at the world a little bit differently after reading it."
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"If you feel any drawing to read this book, know that it has the potential to transform your life."

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Richard L. Haight is an instructor of meditation, healing, and martial arts, and he is the author of The Unbound Soul: A Spiritual Memoir for Personal Transformation and Enlightenment. He began his path of awakening at age eight when he made a solemn promise in a vision to dedicate his life to enlightenment and to share what he found with the world. He took his first steps towards that promise at age 12 when he began formal martial arts training.

At the age of 24, Richard moved to Japan to advance his training with masters of the sword, staff, and jujutsu. During his 15 years living in Japan, Richard was awarded masters licenses in four samurai arts as well as a traditional healing art called Sotai-ho.

Throughout his life, Richard has had a series of profound visions that have ultimately guided him to the realization of the Oneness that the ancient spiritual teachers often spoke of. This understanding ultimately transformed the arts that he teaches and has resulted in the writing of The Unbound Soul.

Through his new book The Unbound Soul, his meditation and martial arts seminar, Richard Haight is helping to ignite a worldwide spiritual awakening that is free of all constraints and open to anyone of any level. Richard Haight now lives and teaches in southern Oregon, U.S.A.

Richard Haight explains that true spiritual enlightenment embraces all of life with deep aliveness, authenticity, innocence, and authority. It is what you are truly seeking.

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5.0 out of 5 starsI can't remember a more transformative bookJune 18, 2017
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Intensely rewarding. I had read the 1st (autobiographical) part of the book - available as a free pdf download and well worth reading in its own right. The remainder of the book looked more philosophical and I wasn't especially interested in someone else's theorising. Nevertheless I decided to buy the book and I'm very grateful that I did. The core of Haight's experience resonates with my own - and I'm sure countless others. But he places it within an over-arching context that effortlessly and with grace draws out the essence of the impulse that has led to the creation of all the world religions and that rests comfortably with the further reaches of modern science.

One of the things that rings deeply true to me is the humility of Haight's vision.

I've been grappling in recent times with how humanity can envision a positive, sustaining and sustainable future, rather than the bleak future we seem to have created for ourselves with our unconscious actions. Unexpectedly, this book brought a compelling and inspiring answer.

The 2nd, 3rd and 4th parts of the book contain many useful exercises and perspectives. It is worth buying for the Observing Meditation alone but there are many other riches, for example Haight's observation that we worship with our attention primarily. How much of our attention is directed to the self, he asks innocently... I haven't yet had an opportunity to explore the Dance of Self to any degree but am hoping I will be able to. Chronic pain has been deterring me and yet I somehow sense that the Dance may help with this..

If you feel any drawing to read this book, know that it has the potential to transform your life.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Unbound Soul a tower of knowledge.September 23, 2016
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While reading, unconsciously I began to underline and highlight the spiritual teachings. Upon finishing the book, I leafed through the pages, and discovered. The majority of the book had been underlined, and notes place at the margins. This book truly has a high ranking with my collection of books on spirituality. I highly recommend it.


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5.0 out of 5 starsFind the Bones of ChristAugust 9, 2016
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Richard Haight begins his book by saying “spiritual” is a misconstrued word. Two other words associated with spirituality are “realization” and “unfoldment.” Haight says “Unfoldment indicates radical simplification while realization indicates being aware of something that had previously gone noticed. None of these words are associated with becoming, growing, or attaining.” His book is written for those who are ready for new insights into the spiritual world. Haight’s words and actions seem to be governed by Tao, which he calls Isness or Beingness.
He begins his book with life events from early childhood and through many years, much like a memoir. He includes many spiritual experiences in his memoir. This is a most interesting read and can be read at a reasonable speed. On one page, he questions himself by asking, “How is it that I perceive as being imperfect?” He has a new unconditional experience and calls it “inspirience” because the learning is within the soul and/or spirit.
While reading Part One, I thought of my reading of Varieties of Religious Experiences by William James. This is a great honor to Haight to be equated with this other book and author. Haight’s book was written for those who are ready for revelation.
The second part of the book, can be more difficult and needs to be read at a slower pace and perhaps spaced intervals to grasp some of the concepts presented. Haight himself states, “… the reader may experience difficulties when reading this book as the light of consciousness begins to shine through those identifications that do not want to be seen.”
In the second part of the book, Meditation, the Dance of the Self, and more about Unfoldment are shared. The “process of spiritual unfoldment is first and foremost a tuning to Isness … that reveals the very core of Beingness.” Haight uses his experience of martial arts, meditation, therapy, and instructor to put this great piece of literature together for our enjoyment.
Another profound statement in the book is when it comes to placing blame on others, it is wise to remember: “whatever happens is a reflection of the energy that I am projecting.”
Throughout the book, Haight talks about a feeling of being “pulled” physically to something. I have also felt this same spiritual pressure exerted upon myself. I’ve always considered it spiritual, heavenly, Godly, or angelic. Such feelings are hallmark. It coerces us to take a necessary action. Trust these feelings. It may often be the next step in a journey of spiritual learning.
Haight shares about negativity and “belief systems are compensating for traumas and deep-seated insecurities.” He talks about reflecting on our lives and how we only need shelter, food, water, love, and inspired purpose. He talks later about inspired purpose and unconditional love. He went on to say “most of my wants were actually attempts to fill an empty space inside.” The action of “shaming” is explained very well in this book. And a new view of Hell was given to me.
Haight agrees with me that the world is moving faster than ever in the past. There are many people searching for answers, more than ever before. We are hungry and we are thirsting for spirituality. Include the book Unbound Soul in your collection. I’m glad I did.
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5.0 out of 5 starsHow wonderful, I found a book that unlocked a small ...September 28, 2017
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I recently found this writer and as soon as I began to read a feeling of weightlessness came over my body and mind. As if a dark covering was lifted and a different me was unveiled.
His style of telling is simple, uncomplicated, without pretence or arrogance. The books that I read are usually full of author's 'I AM, WAS, WILL BE. These books leave a stain of hopelessness and despair in my inside dwelling since I AM not, WAS not, nor WILL BE. And I decided that may be meditation is for someone 'more spiritual' thought I have no idea what that means.

I feel relaxed and content reading his books. The first thought that popped into my mind when I saw his term 'Isness' , was that what I AM means, IAMNESS. The basic of us, the blueprint under the smear of domestication. The real me!
How wonderful , I found a book that unlocked a small door to a huge space inside me.

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5.0 out of 5 starsThink About ItMarch 14, 2017
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The Unbound Soul: A Spiritual Memoir for Personal Transformation and Enlightenment
by Richard L Haight

A very well written book that I find is perfect for use when meditating. This book goes beyond what most other books designed to use for meditation in that it is set up so that you can easily go from day to day in your own personal life. Perfect if you are looking for a way to better understand yourself and your feelings.

Well worth the time that you would spend reading this work of art. Perfect for all ages and everyone who enjoys meditating, a guideline of sorts for your meditation.

A must have on your bookshelf for use now as well as later.

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Despite its obvious advantages, our ability to be self-reflective comes at a high price. Few people realize how profoundly their lives are affected by self-reflection or how frequently inner chatter interferes with their success, pollutes their relationships with others, and undermines their happiness. 

By allowing people to ruminate about the past or imagine what might happen in the future, self-reflection conjures up a great deal of personal suffering in the form of depression, anxiety, anger, jealousy, and other negative emotions. A great deal of unhappiness, in the form of addictions, overeating, and domestic violence, is due to people's inability to exert control over their thoughts and behavior. Is it possible to direct our self-reflection in a way that will minimize the disadvantages and maximize the advantages? Is there a way to affect the egotistical self through self-reflection? In this volume, Mark Leary explores the personal and social problems that are created by the capacity for self-reflection, and by drawing upon psychology and other behavioral sciences, offers insights into how these problems can be minimized.

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"Get ready to drop your ego and step into the real world. If you ever wanted to know why everybody else always seems one step removed from reality - Beware - Leary's well researched deadly accurate book, proves once and for all that the common denominator in all your failed relationships is you! Read The Curse of the Self and unlock the door to the bizarre inner workings of the human mind." --Lisa Earle McLeod Syndicated columnist, Lifetime Radio commentator and author of Forget Perfect (Penguin/Putnam)

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"represents an impressive level of scholarship, presented in a pleasant and accessible way, with anecdotes and touches of humor. Leary is clearly an expert on the topic-I doubt you would find anyone better qualified to write this book." -Roy Baumeister, Professor, Department of Psychology, Florida State University
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"Many years ago Whitney Houston sang that the greatest love of all was love for the self. She wouldn't feel that way if she read Mark Leary's refreshing and provocative analysis of how our 'selves' cause many of our greatest disasters and disappointments. Ironically, this book generates considerable introspection, even as it provides inspiration for learning not to let our selves get in the way of healthful and meaningful living." -Todd F. Heatherton, Champion International Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College
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"The Curse of the Self is a thinking person's self-help book, not in the trivial, superficial sense in which the term 'self-help book' is usually used, but in the sense of being both intellectually stimulating and offering useful, practical advice and insights." -Lee Jussim, Department of Psychology, Rutgers University
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Mark R. Leary is Professor of Psychology at Duke University. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and former president of the International Society for Self and Identity. He was named by the Institute for Scientific Information as among the 25 most productive scholars in psychology (1986-1990).
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5.0 out of 5 starsYou Must Read This BookSeptember 21, 2015

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This is the best book written for lay people on behavioral and cognitive psychology that I have read (and I've read most of them). It achieves a synthesis rarely found in these types of books, and applies modern ideas about dual process theory to human nature with spectacular clarity. Books dealing with similar subject matter have catalogued the illusions of the self and the illusoriness of free will in a way most people find difficult to relate to, but this book is entirely different. It explains many of the personal and social problems of modern society in easy to understand and easy to relate to terms, and explains, pari passu, positive psychology and the principles underlying meditation with refreshing simplicity and clarity. Everyone would benefit from reading this book - and so would society at large.


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5.0 out of 5 starsPacked with practical insightsAugust 14, 2010

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Ironically, this is an excellent self-help book because, based on extensive psychological research, Mark Leary explains the importance of controlling and even diminishing the activity of the self. This is because the self is perhaps as much of a curse as a blessing (hence the book's title). The book provides practical techniques for managing the downsides of having a self and, though the book is written with academic rigor, it's also very enjoyable to read and easy to understand.




Because of the quality of Leary's writing (on which I can't improve), I'm quoting from the book extensively in this review in order to provide a rather detailed summary of the book. That will hopefully convince you of the value of the book and will encourage you to read it in its entirety.




Leary begins with the premise that "... the defining difference between human beings and other animals involves the nature of the human self. As we will see, evidence strongly suggests that most other animals do not have a self at all and that those species that do possess a self have only a very rudimentary one compared with human beings."




This leads to variety of conclusions, which are summarized in the preface of the book: "The ability to self-reflect offers many benefits by allowing us to plan ahead, reminisce about the past, consider options, innovate, and evaluate ourselves. However, self-awareness also sets us up for a host of problems that are unlike the difficulties faced by any other species. Among other things, the capacity for self-reflection distorts people's perceptions of the world, leading them to draw inaccurate conclusions about themselves and other people, and prompting them to make bad decisions based on faulty information. Self-awareness conjures up a great deal of personal suffering in the form of depression, anxiety, anger, and other negative emotions by allowing people to ruminate about the past or imagine what might befall them in the future. The inherently egocentric and egotistical manner in which the self processes information can blind people to their own shortcoming and undermine their relationships with others. The self also underlies a great deal of social conflict, leading people to dislike those who are different from them and to fight with members of other social groups. It also leads people to endanger their own well-being by putting egoistic goals over personal safety. For those inclined toward religion and spirituality, visionaries have proclaimed that the self stymies the quest for spiritual fulfillment and leads to immoral behavior. And, ironically, using self-reflection to help us deliberately control our own behavior can often backfire and create more problems than it solves."




To elaborate further, the following are more specific points from the book which I found particularly noteworthy:




" ... the self evolved under conditions much different from those under which most people live today."




"We spend much of each day in an automatic mode with our selves quiescent ... The self is sometimes engaged as we do these things, but it's not necessary."




"To the extent that we are self-focused and living in the inner world inside our heads, we are not able to live fully in the world outside."




"Once a behavior becomes well-learned, self-preoccupation can interfere with its execution."




"Perhaps the most tried-and-true method of quieting the self and reducing it effects on behavior is meditation."




"Perhaps the biggest bias in people's perceptions of themselves involves their penchant for overestimating their own positive qualities."




"Most people think not only that they are better than the average person, but that their friends, lovers, and children are above average as well."




"People tend to judge themselves as better than the average person on virtually every dimension that one can imagine."




"... self-serving attributions may be seen when people work together in groups, such as committees or teams. When the group does well ... each group member tends to feel that he or she was more responsible for the group's success than most of the other members were. When the group performs poorly, however, each member feels less responsible for the outcome than the average member."




"Although people typically keep their egos well inflated, occasionally the balloon pops, sending self-image into an uncontrolled dive. Even minor failures, setbacks, rejections, and disappointments can prompt harsh self-criticism."




"... people tend to think that the characteristics that they personally possess are more important and desirable than the characteristics that they do not possess."




"People are relatively blind to their own biases, but they see other people's biases much more clearly."




"We each tend to think that our view of the world is the correct one and that other reasonable, fair-minded people will (or at least should) see things the same way we do. When other people disagree with us, we naturally assume that they are deluded, ignorant, or biased."




"It is instructive that people who show the least evidence of self-serving illusions also tend to be the most depressed and that people who show the greatest biases in self-enhancement are most happy."




"... people who view their romantic partners in overly positive ways and who overestimate how much their partners care about them are more satisfied with their relationships than people who perceive their partners and their commitment more accurately."




"The tendency for people to perceive themselves and the world in self-serving ways reflects a method of reducing anxiety, uncertainty, and other unpleasant feelings by a back door route. In the short run, doing so undoubtedly makes us feel better about ourselves and our plight, and, as we have seen, it may have other beneficial consequences as well. But, in the long run, these illusions may compromise our ability to deal effectively with the challenges of life."




"... viewing emotions as natural reactions to real events overlooks the fact that people's emotions are often affected by how they talk to themselves, if not created entirely by the self."




"Many, perhaps most, of the things people worry about never materialize and, even when they do occur, worrying about them in advance is rarely beneficial."




"People who worry a great deal tend to be more depressed, report more physical symptoms, and have higher blood pressure than people who worry less."




"... the hunting-gathering lifestyle of human beings prior to the advent of agriculture did not evoke a great deal of rumination about the future. Life was lived mostly day to day, with no long-term goals to accumulate possessions, succeed, or improve one's lot in life, and, thus, few distal events to worry about. People's attention was focused primarily on what needed to be done today, and tomorrow was left largely to take care of itself. With the emergence of agriculture, however, people moved from and immediate-return environment ... to a delayed-return environment ... Modern society is a profoundly delayed-return environment."




"Anticipatory anxiety about death seems to be a uniquely human characteristic, another by-product of our ability to self-reflect. Only because we are able to imagine ourselves in the future can we worry about death at all ... When people think about their death, their reactions appear to arise not only from the fact that they will no longer function as a living organism but also that they will cease to exist as a mental self."




"People may be focused on the present moment yet still conjure up a good deal of unhappiness by wishing that, at this moment, they were somewhere else ... The solution to this particular curse of the self is to fully accept whatever situation one is in at the moment."




"Human beings expend much of their anger on symbolic events that 'threaten' something abstract that they hold dear, such as their ideas, opinions, and particularly their egos."




"... a person's sense of identity involves not only the person him- or herself but also his or her house, romantic partner, children, friends, prized belongings, and accomplishments."




"Once formed, people's self-concepts strongly influence their behavior."




"People who want to escape the aversiveness of self-reflection may watch mindless television, listen to music, read, exercise, shop, sleep, meditate, or have sex. Assuming that the person is not so self-absorbed that escaping the self is impossible (for example, when one is grieving), these diversion can decrease self-thought by focusing one's attention on other things. Some of the pleasure of these sorts of activities comes from their ability to quite the self."




"People with the highest status and power often need to escape the burdens of the self because they are chronically overwhelmed by their authority and responsibility."




"Various religions construe the problem a bit differently, but they concur that the self is an impediment - perhaps the chief impediment - to spiritual realization, religious practice, and moral behavior, and that a spiritual person must take steps to neutralize the self's negative effects."




"All organisms possess internal mechanisms by which they regulate themselves automatically, but human beings are unique in their ability to control themselves intentionally."




"People typically control themselves by telling themselves to do or not to do certain things."




"People do not purposefully control their behavior in ways that are not consistent with their attitudes, values, and goals unless they are self-focused and monitoring themselves. Self-control requires self-awareness."




"Failing to monitor themselves sufficiently allows impulses that were previously held in check by deliberate self-control to emerge. Research shows that people often behave in uncharacteristically dishonest, cruel, and antisocial ways when they are deindividuated."




"People cannot exert self-control ... unless they have an explicit goal ... Many failures of self-regulation occur because one urge or goal overrides another."




"... people have greater success controlling themselves if they do so early in a sequence of temptations when the impulse is not yet too strong."




"Perhaps the most surprising thing about self-control strength is that it can be depleted by previous acts of deliberate self-regulation. Each time a person controls him- or herself, self-control strength is temporarily weakened - as if some of it were used up - making subsequent efforts to control oneself more difficult ... In fact, simply making choices and decisions also depletes self-control strength. Even when people are not asked to control their behavior, they show signs of self-depletion when they must make difficult decisions."




" ... the self did not evolve to exert the amount of control that we require of it in modern life."




"... the insight that many of our problems, mistakes, and misbehaviors stem from the inherent nature of the self should lead us to cut everyone, ourselves included, a little more slack than we usually do. After all, we are all in this boat together, doing the best we can, using psychological equipment that isn't perfectly suited for the job."




"... chronically setting and pursuing goals can lead to a situation in which the purpose of life today is always the achievement of some goal tomorrow. Today simply becomes a means to some future end, leading us to forget that the only life we really have is the one going one right now. The self's ability to project into the future keeps us focused on the distant prize and distracts us from living fully today ... The solution may be to have goals, but not to become too attached to them."

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3.0 out of 5 starsKindle version not so greatDecember 17, 2016

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The kindle version is a lazy effort. The note superscripts in the text are not linked to the notes in the back, so I had to have two kindle devices open at once to easily refer to the notes while reading the text. The sections of the book are not delimited in the kindle version. And the index is not hyperlinked - in fact the index is not even text but is just images of pages.




As far as the content goes - chapter 1 was great. The rest was ok with a lot of material and self-help strategies I've seen before.




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5.0 out of 5 starsThinking about our own thoughtsJuly 6, 2007

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Humans have the remarkable and perhaps unique ability to think about our own thoughts. This Strange Loop allows us to become aware of our self, to plan for the future, reflect and ruminate about the past, think about our selves as separate from others, imagine the thoughts of others, project our experiences into the minds of others, and judge our own actions. Self-awareness provides us the unique ability to control ourselves intentionally by imagining ourselves in the future and talk to ourselves about options for our future.




Self-awareness allows us to imagine the world from a variety of perspectives. Not only can we contemplate what we perceive now, but we can reflect on the past and imagine a variety of futures. We can also imagine what others are thinking now, or were thinking in the past, or will be thinking in the future. Self-awareness allows us to travel through time and read minds. But our awareness is less accurate than it may seem.




Self-awareness, introspection, and self-consciousness open us up to the emotions of pride, envy, jealousy, guilt, shame, and hope. Our ability to imagine the world from another's perspective allows us to feel empathy, compassion, pity, envy, and jealousy as it improves our emotional competency.




This excellent book explores the potentials and pitfalls of our self-awareness.

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4.0 out of 5 starsToo academic to be real, but such a great topic!January 10, 2014

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This author is a professional psychologist who specializes on this topic, however the beginning is the typical evolutionary wash of needless and almost weak-to-the-point-of-invalid causal links between evolution and the bases of our characters. Having said that, if you're into the academic tone (i.e., Stephen J Gould, etc etc) then its not going to be annoying to you at all. The great thing about this book is how you are faced with the reality of the situation you're in having a self which can be wrong and is always being re-worked in your own personal narrative and all that. I believe now that awareness of the mind games we play with ourselves can lead to massive healing. Thank you Dr. Leary.




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Amazing book. Needed it for a class. Loved every word. Doesn't read anything like a textbook, but your mind will definitely be expanded by the information contained within. If you buy one Psychology book- get this one.




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5.0 out of 5 starsWell written and extensively researched.January 31, 2017

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This is a very good book if you want to understand why you're stressed out and are willing to try to do something about it. I highly recommend the book as well as a series of lectures that Professor Leary did for The Great Courses.







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Sustainable Soils: The Place of Organic Matter in Sustaining Soils and Their Productivity: Benjamin Wolf, George Snyder: 9781560229179: Amazon.com: Books



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Find the right balance of organic matter, tillage, and chemical additives to increase the quality and quantity of crops!

This book shows the importance of organic matter in maintaining crop production. The addition of organic matter to soil is covered in great detail. This book is unique in that it draws on practical farming operations to illustrate many of the points discussed. The senior author has had almost 60 years of experience in solving production problems—many of which have been related to insufficient organic matter.

In addition, Sustainable Soils: The Place of Organic Matter in Sustaining Soils and Their Productivity stresses the necessity of combining the addition of organic matter with reduced tillage and added chemicals. Photographs, tables, and figures, as well as appendixes containing common and botanical names of plants, symbols and abbreviations found in the text, and useful conversion factors and data help bring the information into focus quickly and efficiently. An extensive bibliography points the way to other useful material on this subject.

Sustainable Soils discusses:
what materials can be added
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how much is enough (and how much is too much!)
the nutritive value of various forms of organic matter
the benefits that can be expected from properly handling and adding organic matter to soil

From the Editors: “Sustainable agriculture is not possible without a sustainable soil science, which in turn is largely dependent on organic matter. It is necessary to return large amounts of organic matter to the soil in order to maintain satisfactory crop production. It can be derived from crop residues, cover crops, sods, or various wastes, such as manures, sludges, and composts. This book details the benefits of various forms, and how each should be handled for maximum returns.”

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A must have book for anyone that deals with soils for a living.
The vast amount of usable knowledge contained in this book is impressive. Even though the information is highly technical the book is structured so that it is easy to understand. Covers most, if not all, areas that will be encountered by someone in agronomy.
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QBuilding Soils for Better Crops is a one-of-a-kind, practical guide to ecological soil management, now expanded and in full color. It provides step-by-step information on soil-improving practices as well as in-depth background from what soil is to the importance of organic matter. Case studies of farmers from across the country provide inspiring examples of how soil and whole farms have been renewed through these techniques. A must-read for farmers, educators and students alike. Written by University of Vermont plant and soil science professor emeritus Fred Magdoff and Cornell University soil science professor Harold van Es. Produced by Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE).




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5.0 out of 5 starsA gold mine with more nuggets than scrapMarch 1, 2016
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This book is absolutely terrific. Each topic comes with a take home lesson (like this type of soil can be improved with this practice) followed by further explanations. It answered all my questions ranging from organic matter equilibrium to the sustainability of such and such fertilizing practice.

I don't think it's for everyone though. If you are the kind of person who asks "yes, but why?", you will finish the book in a week and ask for more. If you just want some rules of thumb without too many details, maybe look elsewhere. Also it covers topics more or less independently, this is not a "just add water" cookbook. A true gem for the curious gardener.

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5.0 out of 5 starsInformation-packed fun read. A soil building page-turner.June 24, 2018
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LOVE this writer. Amazing fund of knowledge that she keeps increasing. She talks about experiments in progress - still trying out her own theories. And reading her books is like talking to a friend - fun, conversational, easy but fact-filled read. I’ve since gotten all her other books.


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4.0 out of 5 starsbut definitely geared towards large-scale farming rather than small-scale gardeners like myself. I may use a weed whacker instead ...August 14, 2017
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Lots of information here, but definitely geared towards large-scale farming rather than small-scale gardeners like myself. I may use a weed whacker instead of heavy-duty tractors and tillers, but the ultimate effects will be the same...improved soil, better crops, and less erosion.

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Good information to make good dirt instead of resorting to chemicals.


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This book is packed with information that is presented in ways that are easy to understand. It is a good book for anyone interested in farming or even just hobby gardening.

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Bought this book for my husband who is fairly new to planting and he is really loving this book, very helpful info.

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For decades Erik H. Erikson's concept of the stages of human development has deeply influenced the field of contemporary psychology. Here, with new material by Joan M. Erikson, is an expanded edition of his final work. The Life Cycle Completedeloquently closes the circle of Erikson's theories, outlining the unique rewards and challenges―for both individuals and society―of very old age.------------







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5.0 out of 5 starsPsychology in poetryFebruary 28, 2018
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An inspiring read. While this is a book on psychosocial development the Ericksons have skilled playfulness with language which draws the reader into a poetic comprehension of nine levels of human development from fancy to old age, the primary challenge of each phase, and the relational capacity opened up by the resolution of each challenge. They then explore how each conflict and capacity, either as a prefigurement or an echo potentially influences the individual’s psyche and social relations across time. Written at the intersection of psychology, sociology and spirituality, this book offers a hopeful and holistic perspective of human development and aging.

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2.0 out of 5 starsIt's pretty horribly writtenNovember 16, 2014
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Erik Erikson's Life Cycle Completed is a book I'd been looking forward to reading for a long time. Having had some experience reading about Erikson's theory of personality, which mostly involves his eight stages of human development, I thought this might be an illuminating read. It wasn't. It's pretty horribly written, and unnecessarily abstruse.

I'll give you an example of what I mean. Here's a quote from the book that I chose randomly from the earlier portion which is representative of the Erikson's writing:

In summary, the process of identity formation emerges as an evolving configuration—a configuration that gradually integrates constitutional givens, idiosyncratic libidinal needs, favored capacities, significant identifications, effective defenses, successful sublimations, and consistent roles. All these, however, can only emerge from a mutual adaptation of individual potentials, technological world views, and religious or political ideologies.

The spontaneous ritualizations of this stage can, of course, appear surprising, confusing, and aggravating in the shiftiness of the adolescents’ first attempts to ritualize their interplay with age mates and to create small group rituals. But they also foster participation in public events on sports fields and concert grounds and in political and religious arenas. In all of these, young people can be seen to seek a form of ideological confirmation, and here spontaneous rites and formal rituals merge. Such search, however, can also lead to fanatic participation in militant ritualisms marked by totalism; that is, a totalization of the world image so illusory that it lacks the power of self-renewal and can become destructively fanatic.

Erikson, Erik H.; Erikson, Joan M. (1998-06-17). The Life Cycle Completed (Extended Version) (p. 74). W. W. Norton & Company. Kindle Edition.

One of the obvious problems with the writing is not only that it's jargon-filled but that he loves to nominalize--make words into or rely heavily upon abstract nouns. As a little exercise here, I'll try to put into plain English as best I can what he said above. Here goes.
Forming your identity is about drawing upon different areas of your life that make you 'you.' From your innate characteristics and your basic drives toward food, clothes, shelter, and love to the capacities you've cultivated in yourself or the groups and roles you identify with and on down to your defense mechanisms--all of these play a role in making you 'you,' and there's this complex interplay with all these factors and your ever-changing (political, religious, technological) worldview.

This period if identity formation is difficult and turbulent for adolescents but it can also be a great time for new kinds of spontaneous activity to emerge. Of course, we should always be mindful of how some of the habits we form during this period could be bad in the sense they became dangerous or become such a matter of ritual that they're conformist.

By the way, if you don't like my paraphrase, at least I gave a shot at clarity, which is more than I can say for Erikson's writing.

My advice to the reader who would like to read this book to absorb Erikson's theory is to read from Chapter 5 onward. As far as I can tell, this is the portion of the book that his wife Joan Erikson wrote, and it's very lucid and explains Erikson's theory much better than anything else in the earlier, chunkier part of the book.
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4.0 out of 5 starsIf you are looking for a good review of his work this will do itApril 27, 2016
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If you are looking for a good review of his work this will do it. I used it to write a paper on conflict and adolescence. It was helpful.

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4.0 out of 5 starsReference for SchoolJune 3, 2016
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I bought this book because I needed an in depth analysis of Erikson's Theory. I was happy to buy this book because it not only referenced his work and explained it well, but there was added perspective by the author that was helpful. Would suggest this book to anyone that is studying the field of psychology.

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5.0 out of 5 starsRecommended for adult development learners and researchersMay 30, 2014
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Excellent book- I utilized this book in my dissertation on adult development of a grandmother. This book provides a detailed look in to the life cycle and the completion- death. A psychosocial approach was evident throughout the reading. Very useful in research and therapy tools.

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Joan Develder
5.0 out of 5 starsProfound Final Stage!October 10, 2016
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I have always liked Erikson's developmental model...now, with the edition of Joan Erikson's final stage, it is even more relevant and tender.

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5.0 out of 5 starsit is a bit of a boring read, but essential to understanding his thoughts and ...April 2, 2018
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I mean, it is a bit of a boring read, but essential to understanding his thoughts and processes.


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Informational, but more suited for someone in the field of psychology!


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