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Product Title: Personality and Pathology of Activity – B. V. Zeigarnik
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This volume brings together two seminal works by B. V. Zeigarnik, a pioneering Soviet psychologist and founder of the Russian school of experimental pathopsychology. The first work examines the disruption of activity, detailing the breakdown of motivational structures and analyzing their underlying patterns. The second focuses on disorders of thinking.
Zeigarnik’s choice of pathological material is deliberate: as I. P. Pavlov noted, studying pathological cases can reveal phenomena not observable in normal conditions. Thus, the study of personality disintegration holds significance both for general psychological theory and for understanding the nature of mental illness, as well as for analyzing normal mental functioning.
The second work is rich with experimental data, statistical material, and detailed case histories of patients with specific forms of thought disorders. This is a rigorous academic text, suitable for students of psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience seeking foundational insights into how mental processes break down under pathological conditions. Priced at 972.00 RUR.