Key Features:
There is an expanded treatment of the theory of psychological types, including a new presentation of differences in the typology profiles of gifted and non-gifted adolescents.
Expansion of the theory and research on the central role played
y neurotic competitiveness, that is, hypercompetitiveness and competition avoidance, in personality development and functioning, plus an updated treatment of the concept of personal development competition, a psychologically healthy form of competitive attitude.
Extension of the concept of ego identity statuses to include theory and research on ethnic identity. There is an emphasis on the struggle by racial/ethnic minorities to reject negative stereotypes of them by the dominant White majority and to take pride in their own racial/ethnic identity. Also, as part of this struggle, there is also an eventual acceptance of the positive features of the dominant majority group as minority group members forge a new, integrated bicultural identity that maximizes their psychological
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