The Seasons of a man's life

The radical new theory of adult development that shows how every grown man must pass through a series of specific age-linked phases which underlie his personal crisis, govern his emotional states and attitudes, even shape his behavior.

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Ostali autori: Levinson, Daniel J. (Daniel Jacob), 1920-1994 (-)
Vrsta građe: Knjiga
Jezik: eng
Impresum: New York : Knopf, c1978.
Izdanje: 1st ed
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  • The life cycle and its seasons
  • Eras: the anatomy of the life cycle
  • Developmental periods: the evolution of the individual life structure
  • Four men
  • The novice phase: the early adult transition, entering the adult world, and the age thirty transition
  • Major tasks of the novice phase
  • The life of James Tracy, executive (I)
  • The life of William Paulsen, worker
  • Settling down: building a second adult life structure
  • Five sequences through the settling down period
  • The life of James Tracy (II)
  • The life of Paul Namson, novelist
  • The mid-life transition
  • Mid-life individuation: young-old, the major polarity
  • Mid-life individuation: the other polarities
  • Modifying the life structure during the mid-life transition
  • The life of John Barnes, biologist
  • Entering middle adulthood
  • The life of James Tracy (III)
  • Tasks and possibilities of adult development.