This is Volume XVII of twenty-one in a collection on Individual Differences. Originally published in 1927, this work seeks to fill a gap of there being a comprehensive volume which might be used as a suitable text for showing contributions on the subject of character or personality.

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A.A. Roback

Résumé
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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PREFACE, PART I: HISTORICAL, I. INTRODUCTION, II. THE LITERARY CHARACTEROLOGISTS, III. THE COURSE OF THE HUMORAL DOCTRINE, IV. STUDY OF TEMPERAMENT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, V. THROUGH OUR PERIOD OF SYNTHESIS CONTEMPORARY VIEWS, VI. THE APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY OF TEMPERAMENT, VII. THE PROVERBIAL LORE AND INSPIRATIONAL LITERATURE, VIII. CRITICAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF CHARACTER, IX. DEFINING THE TERMS, PART II: CLASSIFICATION OF CHARACTERS, X. FOURIER'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC TREATMENT OF CHARACTER, XI. THE BRITISH WRITERS, XII. THE FRENCH SCHOOLS, XIII. THE TEUTONIC SCHOOLS, XIV. OTHER CONTINENTAL STUDIES, PART III. MOVEMENTS AND METHODS, XV. SUGGESTIONS FROM PSYCHIATRY, XVI. THE PsYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH, XVII. THE RIVAL SCHOOLS OF JUNG AND ADLER, XVIII. THE PARA-FREUDIANS, XIX. COMPENSATION AS A FuNDAMENTAL MECHANISM IN PERSONALITY, XX. THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE STRUKTUR PSYCHOLOGY, XXI. THE ENDOCRINOLOGICAL ATTACK, XXII. THE BEHAVIORISTIC DETOUR, XXIII. THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENTAL CONTRIBUTION, XXIV. PERSONALITY TESTS-WHITHER?, XXV. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF TRAITS, XXVI. THE CHEMISTRY OF PERSONALITY AND CHARACTER, XXVII. THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHARACTER, XXVIII. BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL MATERIAL AS SOURCES OF CHARACTER STUDY, XXIX. SOURCES AND METHODS OF STUDYING CHARACTER TYPES(RECAPITULATORY), XXX. INHIBITION AS THE BASIS OF CHARACTER, XXXI. THE INDEX OF CHARACTER, XXXII. THOUGHT AND CHARACTER, XXXIII. PSYCHOLOGICAL SOURCE OF THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLES, XXXIV. CHARACTER AND CONFLICT, XXXV. CHARACTER AND ADJUSTMENT, XXXVI. THE MUTUAL INFLUENCE OF CHARACTER, XXXVII. THE SEAT OF CHARACTER, XXXVIII. CHARACTER AND TEMPERAMENT, XXXIX. CHARACTER AND THE VALUES, XL. CHARACTER IN AN ATOMIC AGE, Postscript to the Third Edition