Through analysis of the lives and theories of the three major exponents of humanism, Allport, Maslow, and Murray, the authors have marshaled some compelling arguments for an alternative to the extreme behaviorism of Skinner and the logical positivism of Freud

Paul Costa

Introduction; Theoretical Summary of the Works of Allport, Maslow, and Murray; 1: General Orientations Toward the Nature of Personality; 2: The Formal Theories: Relatively Concrete Concepts; 3: The Formal Theories: Relatively General Concepts; 4: Development of Ideal and Nonideal Personalities; 5: Representative Research; 6: The Men behind the Theories; Conclusions