Review of Personality and Life: A Practical Guide to Personality Improvement

Reviews the book, Personality and Life: A Practical Guide to Personality Improvement by Louis P. Thorpe (1941). This book is dedicated to those who have through concerted and intelligent effort, carved out virile socialized personalities, attempts to strike a tangible note in the analysis of persona...

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Published in:American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 1941-07, Vol.11 (3), p.612-612
Main Author: Wilson, Margaret T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Constructivism
Health Behavior
Human
Improvisation
Personality
Philosophies
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Summary:Reviews the book, Personality and Life: A Practical Guide to Personality Improvement by Louis P. Thorpe (1941). This book is dedicated to those who have through concerted and intelligent effort, carved out virile socialized personalities, attempts to strike a tangible note in the analysis of personality. It is a healthy study offering a constructive plan for the making of a balanced personality. Its essential issues are the need for an understanding of human nature which functions in everyday life, and the possession of a socially constructive philosophy of life. A practical advantage of the book is the objective plan which it suggests for analyzing the personality, for recognizing weak traits, and for acquiring more desirable qualities. The book can be used to advantage by professors of psychology and their students, by intelligent laymen who are anxious to better and refine their personalities, and by psychologists as a manual or guide for the treatment of persons with personality disorders. The book is not without humor, as it includes many reproductions of cartoons from popular magazines. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1037/h0096753