Beschreibung:
Steven Reiss ist Professor für Psychologie und Psychiatrie an der Ohio State University und Direktor des Nisonger Center für Mental Retardation. Seine Forschungsarbeit wurde in mehr als ein Dutzend Sprachen übersetzt und beeinflusste viele Fachkollegen. Die Reiss Profile Deutschland GmbH bildet Personalentwickler, Coaches und Trainer zu zertifizierten Reiss Profile Mastern aus und berät Unternehmen, Sportler, Institutionen und Individuen über Einsatzmöglichkeiten des Reiss Profile zur mentalen Leistungssteigerung.
What do we want? What makes us tick? From acceptance to vengeance to curiosity, this book explains the 16 basic and universal desires that shape our behavior
and shows how the ways we prioritize them determines our personalities. Grounded in up-to-date psychological research, this book can help
parents comprehend their children s needs and behaviorcouples understand each other betteremployers motivate their employees employees become more effective in their workYOU achieve greater satisfaction and happiness in lifeWho Am I?Introduction
Part I: The Basic Desires That Make Our Lives Meaningful1. What Is a Basic Desire?
2. Why My Dog Saves Socks
3. Why Kids and Elephants Will Make You Wet
4. Why a Secretary Feared Heights
5. One Size Does Not Fit All
6. I Don't Get It, and Neither Do You
Part II: How the Basic Desires Are Satisfied
7. Value-Based Happiness
8. How Relationships Grow
9. Turning Work Into Play
10. All in the Family
11. Why My Father Was a Mets Fan
12. The Scientific Study of the Human Spirit
Afterword
Appendix
Bibliography
Endnotes
Index