Title:
A mere reflection : the psychodynamics of Black and Hispanic psychology / by Jeffrey L. Prather.
Main Entry:
Prather, Jeffrey Lynn.
Publisher:
Dorrance,
Publication Date:
1977.
Publication Place:
Philadelphia :
ISBN:
0805924280
9780805924282
Subject:
Psychotherapy.
African Americans -- Psychology.
Hispanic Americans -- Psychology.
Latin Americans -- United States -- Psychology.
Ethnopsychology.
Contents:
Part I: Group processes and interpersonal dynamics -- Interpersonal dynamics at a child care center -- Group psychotherapy in the form of play therapy -- Mother of the man: is the American male traumatized by his maternal identification? -- Empirical evidence of the psychosexual development of ghetto Blacks and ghetto Puerto Ricans in New York City -- Part II: Role expectations -- The state of conflicts -- Continuity and consistency -- Constant dissonance -- Irritability and societal norms -- Part III: The individual -- The pleasure principle -- The search for identity -- Pain the defeat -- Maternal attachment vs. sibling rivalry -- Survival -- The unfound self -- Part IV: Social adaptability -- Anxiety reactions and ambivalence -- Defensive behavior and self-acceptance (ideal self v. self-image) -- Part V: The mind -- The mind within -- Psyche remuneration -- Part VI: Afterthoughts.
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