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Greatness : who makes history and why

Title: Greatness : who makes history and why / Dean Keith Simonton.
Author: Simonton, Dean Keith.
Publication: New York : Guilford, 1994.

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x, 502 pages; 24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-490) and index.

Contents

1. Prologue: The Psychologist Confronts Greatness -- 2. Birthrights and Birthmarks: Psychobiological Explanations -- 3. Acts, Affects, and Thoughts: Learning-Based and Cognitive Theories -- 4. The Creative Quest -- 5. The Drive to Succeed -- 6. Infants, Children, and Teenagers: The Famous in Their Youth -- 7. Life's Prime and Death's Advance: A Life-Span Perspective -- 8. The Importance of Intelligence -- 9. The Importance of Personality -- 10. The Significance of Psychopathology -- 11. Violence as a Shaper of History -- 12. The Influence of Attitudes and Beliefs -- 13. Imitation, Affiliation, Group Dynamics, and Leadership -- 14. Epilogue: Has the Psychologist Succeeded?

ISBN

0898623707
0898622018(pbk.)

LCCN

93048127

OCLC

29634169
ocm29634169

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Columbia University Libraries