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Moudry, Ben; Christopherson, Andrew – NAMTA Journal, 2017
As with the other case studies in this journal, Ben Moudry and Andrew Christopherson present a vision of a Montessori high school that is focused on fostering the adolescent personality in connection to society. This chapter uses concrete examples of the key experiences and programs that provide the adolescents at The Grove School with this goal…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, High Schools
Carr, Sam; Gilbride, Neil; James, Christopher R. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
School principals' interpretation of the context for their work has significant implications for their practice and for organisational theory educational settings. Principals' sense-making capability can change over time, as in all adults. Sense-making capability is grounded in adult ego development (AED) theory which describes eight distinct…
Descriptors: Principals, Self Concept, Case Studies, Administrator Attitudes
Ludick, Pat – NAMTA Journal, 2014
A theory paper that gives a universal portrait of the "noble adolescent" directly quotes from Montessori. Pat Ludick defines the adolescent as they search for their future roles in a changing world, seek a happy life, form a compatible and collaborative personality, learn humility, and become aware of the head-heart duality. The…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Adolescent Development, Personality Development
Soholt, Polli – NAMTA Journal, 2015
Polli Soholt points to normalization in the first plane as leading to the successful realization of the human personality, which is the basis of social development. Children who have cultivated concentration and purposeful work at an early age develop the virtues to become world citizens. Normalization can be assisted by certain practices: 1)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Social Attitudes, Social Development, Citizenship Education
Fitch, Trey; Marshall, Jennifer – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this study was to apply psychobiography to the lives of Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice. Psychobiography can be applied as a method of teaching personality theory and it can also be used as a research method. Most political personas are crafted through 20 second sound bites from the radio, Internet, and television. However, a…
Descriptors: Personality, Personality Theories, Current Events, Research Methodology
Herman, William E.; Herman, Bryan K.; Sanatullova-Allison, Elvira – Online Submission, 2007
This paper employed a psychological-historical framework for an analytical examination of the Russian identity during the Soviet period through the fall of the Soviet Union and the transitional period that led to an establishment of the Russian Federation. A theoretical model is provided for the analysis of Russian identity that can be generalized…
Descriptors: European History, Social Change, Foreign Countries, Values

Lewis, Lou Ann – Social Work, 1984
Suggests that social workers have lacked models for understanding the process of a client's self-identification as a lesbian. Describes several developmental phases a woman may go through to form a healthy self-concept as a lesbian and discusses practice implications for this process. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Family Relationship, Lesbianism, Personality Development
Chaplin, Miriam T. – 1976
Responses of four people to the book "Future Shock" are analyzed in relation to Erik Erikson's theory of personality. Results were interpreted as support for Erickson's theory and as illustration of how people interpret written language in terms of their own situations and life histories. In general, adults applied more detached and…
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages, Higher Education, Personality Development
Longo, Laura C. – 1990
Reviewers of the physical attractiveness literature have concluded that there is a strong general link between attractiveness and personality with most "good-looking" people having positive personalities and their less well-endowed compatriots possessing relative negative qualities. The attractiveness-personality covariation is often explained,…
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Higher Education, Models
Rosenberg, B. G.; And Others – 1984
Implications of parental self-esteem for the subsequent personality qualities and self-esteem of the developing child were explored in this investigation. The sample consisted of 65 mothers and 44 fathers who completed a self Q-sort and an ideal-self Q-sort when their children were 12 years of age. At the ages of 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, and 14 years, 54…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Fathers
Marais, James L. – 1988
Humor can be incorporated advantageously in personality guidance within the group and individual context. The guidance teacher must, in the first instance know when humor should be applied within the group context; secondly, the teacher is responsible for ensuring that humor is not abused, either by the group or himself. Should these conditions be…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Group Counseling, Humor
Block, Jeanne H.; And Others – 1975
This study proposes to (1) explore the responses of boys and girls at three age levels to several different barrier situations; (2) assess the personality correlates associated with barrier behavior; (3) evaluate covariance differences between the sexes; and (4) determine the relationship between barrier behaviors and sex-role typing. A total of…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Goal Orientation, Persistence, Personality Development
Hancock, Emily – 1983
Adulthood for females is a complex maturational process, rooted in the mother-daughter relationship. To investigate the dynamics of the mother-daughter relationship and its influence on maturing, 20 women, ranging in age from 30 to 75, were interviewed for 6 to 8 hours over a 1-month period. The subjects were chosen for their self-reflective…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Daughters, Developmental Tasks, Interpersonal Competence
Mohar, Carol J. – 1984
It is a common article of belief that each child is unique. Action based on this belief, though, is rare. Researchers have largely neglected the question of the causes of children's individual uniqueness. But, when difficulties and serious problems arise in the course of child rearing, causality is located in the dynamics of family functioning.…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Etiology, Genetics, Individual Differences
Shoemaker, Diane; Krohn, Janis – 1984
After explaining the development of the conscience, or "superego," as closely related to self-esteem, and produced through experiences with caregivers, this discussion indicates the nature of discipline and differentiates between discipline and punishment. Four principles assumed to operate in the development of conscience are specified.…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Emotional Experience, Infants, Moral Development