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Unity and Modularity in the Mind and Self Andreas Demetriou (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)

Unity and Modularity in the Mind and Self By Andreas Demetriou (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)

Unity and Modularity in the Mind and Self by Andreas Demetriou (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)


Summary

The relationships between intellectual development, self, and personality are explored here. The authors propose a comprehensive theory which answers such fundamental questions as; how do humans become aware of themselves?

Unity and Modularity in the Mind and Self Summary

Unity and Modularity in the Mind and Self: Studies on the Relationships between Self-awareness, Personality, and Intellectual Development from Childhood to Adolescence by Andreas Demetriou (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)

Growing area of interest: addresses universal questions

Demetriou in particular has a strong track record in this area

Wealth of empirical material, based on four separate studies

Unity and Modularity in the Mind and Self Reviews

'...it seems to boost an inductive approach for research on structures of the self.' - Werner Greve, International Journal of Behavioural Development


'It seems to boost an inductive approach for research on structures of the self.' - International Journal of Behavioural Development

About Andreas Demetriou (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)

Andreas Demetriou is a professor of psychology at the Department of Educational Sciences and the Vice-Rector of the University of Cyprus. He has studied the development of the mind for over two decades and his current work aims to integrate conceptions of the mind, personality and the self into a comprehensive theory.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: from cognitive structures to mind, personality and self 2. Study I: structure and development of cognitive abilities, self-evaluation and self-representation 3. Results I: levels, dimensions, and domains in performance, self-evaluation and self-representation 4. Results II: development and individual differences in cognitive abilities, self-evaluation and self-representation 5. Study II: families of mind: relationships between children's self-representations and parents representations about them 6. Study III: from processing speed to self-representation 7. Study IV: cognitive self-image, thinking styles and the big five factors of personality 8. General discussion: the emerging self: the convergence of mind, personality, and self

Additional information

NLS9780415862813
9780415862813
0415862817
Unity and Modularity in the Mind and Self: Studies on the Relationships between Self-awareness, Personality, and Intellectual Development from Childhood to Adolescence by Andreas Demetriou (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2015-08-11
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