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The Depressive Personality

The Personality of the Terrorist, Conservative Republicians, Evangelical Christians and Others Who Must Obey Too Much

By: Peter A. Magaro PhD

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The Depressive Personality

The Personality of the Terrorist, Conservative Republicians, Evangelical Christians and Others Who Must Obey Too Much

By: Peter A. Magaro PhD

This book is an analysis of the personality who is the backbone of most extreme political and religious groups including those who spawn the terrorist. The book applies contemporary psychological constructs to explain why people join extreme social groups ranging from the fanatics in Khomeini's Iran, ultra-conservative Republican parties in America, and Moslem terrorist organizations in the Middle East and Afghanistan As contrasted with other current books on terrorism that place the cause of terrorism in nebulous cultural concepts or tribal artifacts, I have written a psychosocial work that profiles the complete personality of this person and reveals how his Everyman commonness contains the telltale signs of his eventual destructiveness. My emphasis is on the attributes of a person who is drawn to a life of obedience and the social avenues that are available to express his singular personality including but not limited to acts of terrorism. They are the most controversial people of our time; the most despised and the most revered. Their life is a paradox in that they create whirlwinds when they are not living in complete obscurity. As individuals they are the dullest, but as actors they are the most outrageous. They certainly have captured the prize for the most press coverage of any one group of individuals. Considering all the attention they have received and the accomplishments they have realized their most surprising characteristic may be their ordinariness. While ordinary, they are the time bombs in our society. They sit passively waiting to explode into our consciousness and in many cases change the course of history The point of this book is that social actions do not occur in a personal vacuum. People's needs and wants fill them until they coalesce into a recognizable form which is the shape of a public group. The decision for social action originates under the skin; only later is it exhibited as a public posture. This book reveals the person behind the social action. I will describe the psychological processes and feelings of a breed of individuals as they blend into a group that promotes and creates a social course of action. This is the story of the death-bringers; those most willing to kill themselves and others in the most fanatical acts. This particular breed justify any violent social act as a religious-political rite, and within this context celebrate their person

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Trafford Publishing

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1426940238

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9781426940231

The Compulsive Personality

The Society They Build: Scientist, Bureaucrat, Professor, Administrator And The Social Movements They Create: Baby Boomers, Career Women, Addictions

By: Peter A. Magaro, Ph.D.

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The Compulsive Personality

The Society They Build: Scientist, Bureaucrat, Professor, Administrator And The Social Movements They Create: Baby Boomers, Career Women, Addictions

By: Peter A. Magaro, Ph.D.

This book is an analysis of the personality who is the backbone of the most powerful political and religious groups in Western society. This book apples contemporary psychological constructs to explain the power structure from a psychosocietal perspective. We describe national institutions such as universities and corporations and explain who succeeds in these settings and how the members of these groups are no more than a gathering of those with the Compulsive Personality. As contrasted with other current books on personality or society, I have written a psychosocietal work that profiles the complete personality of this person and their niche to reveal how their ‘Everyman’ commonness contains the telltale signs of their eventual power. My emphasis is on the personality and cognitive attributes of a person who is drawn to a life of intellectual organization and the social avenues that become available to express their singular personality. They could become the are the most controversial people of our time; the most despised and the most revered, but not due to their own making but due to the groups they lead. Their life is a paradox in that they create whirlwinds when they are not living in complete obscurity. As individuals they are the dullest, but as social actors, they are the most outrageous. The point of this book is that social actions do not occur in a personal vacuum. People’s traits ad cognitive styles fill them until they coalesce into a recognizable form which is the shape of a public group. The decision for social action originates under the skin; only later is it exhibited as a public posture. This book reveals the person behind the social action. I will describe the psychological processes and feelings of a breed of individuals as they blend into a group that promotes and creates the dominant institutions in our society. The Compulsive Personality rules. We only try to emulate.

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237

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Outskirts Press

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1977232086

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9781977232083

Cognition in Schizophrenia and Paranoia

The Integration of Cognitive Processes

By: Peter A. Magaro

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Cognition in Schizophrenia and Paranoia

The Integration of Cognitive Processes

By: Peter A. Magaro

Originally published in 1980, Cognition in Schizophrenia and Paranoia presents a theoretical framework that relates three fields of psychology: the experimental research in psychopathology, the developmental literature on intellectual growth, and the literature on hemispheric specialization. The specifications of the separate processes and their integration provides the means to reanalyze our empirical operations and theoretical terms in order to provide a more complete level of understanding, or at least alert us to additional possibilities in research strategies. Today it can be read in its historical context.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000960277

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9781000960273

Book's by Peter A. Magaro PhD

The Depressive Personality

The Depressive Personality

The Compulsive Personality

The Compulsive Personality

Cognition in Schizophrenia and Paranoia

Cognition in Schizophrenia and Paranoia

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