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Glenwick, David S.; Whitbourne, Susan K. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1977
It is argued that ego analytic, disengagement, and symbolic interaction theories of personality share an insufficient consideration of the dynamics of the interaction between developmental and social forces transpiring during the aging period. An alternative, transactional model is proposed. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Emotional Development, Gerontology, Models

Pajak, Edward F. – American Journal of Education, 1981
Building mainly on Kohut's conception of the creative individual, a model of self-development for the teacher is proposed. The dimensions of creativity, empathy, humor, and wisdom, developed through interaction with students, are highlighted as avenues for teacher growth. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Development, Models
Sheldon-Keller, Adrienne; West, Malcolm – 1995
This paper synthesizes a variety of perspectives, with an emphasis on attachment theory, on the agency/communion polarity as first defined by David Bakan (1966). The question researchers sought to answer was whether or not agency/communion is best approached as a polarity--opposite and opposing forces, forces in the personality which have often…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Emotional Development, Individual Characteristics, Individual Development
Zakharova, A. V. – Soviet Education, 1990
Examines self-assessment as a personality structure that changes in its development as individuals mature. Explains prognosticative, actual (or correcting), and retrospective self-assessment. Develops a structural-dynamic explanatory model, characterizing self-assessment as a systemic formation. Relates self-evaluation to achievement, volitional…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Foreign Countries, Individual Psychology
Light, Donald W., Jr. – 1973
Similarities and differences between Erik H. Erikson's and Jean Piaget's theories concerning social development and the process of identification are explored in this report. The first part of the report is a synthesis of Erikson's concept of the developmental processes of personal growth and societal development. The second part integrates…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Theories, Child Development, Comparative Analysis
Highlen, Pamela S.; And Others – 1988
The Self-Identity Development Model of Oppressed People (SIDMOP) is a synthesis of several areas of psychology, including developmental, cross cultural, and spiritual literatures. SIDMOP provides an all-inclusive model of identity development for oppressed minorities in the United States, regardless of ethnicity. The model was formulated from the…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Developmental Stages, Emotional Development, Identification (Psychology)