Walter Mischel
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Niven Professor of Humane Letters in Psychology at Columbia University. Coauthor of Introduction to Personality: Toward an Integrative Science of the Person; author of The Marshmallow Test: Why Self-Control Is the Engine of Success.
Primary Contributions (1)
Psychology, scientific discipline that studies mental states and processes and behaviour in humans and other animals. The discipline of psychology is broadly divisible into two parts: a large profession of practitioners and a smaller but growing science of mind, brain, and social behaviour. The two…
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Publications (2)
Introduction to Personality: Toward an Integrative Science of the Person
This Eighth Edition reflects the new developments within personality psychology, and gives the student a picture of the field as a cumulative, integrative science that builds on its rich past and now allows a much more coherent view of the whole functioning individual in the social world. This revision, subtitled: Toward an Integrative Science of the Person, is committed to making that integration, and its practical applications and personal relevance to everyday life, even more clear and compelling...
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