The Person: His and Her Development Throughout the Life Cycle

by Franz Lidz

Rev. ed (1976) published under title: The person, his & her development throughout the life cycle
Prefaces
Human Endowment
Family
Life Cycle
Neonate & New Mother
Infancy
Toddler
Oedipal Period
Childhood Integration
Juvenile
Adolescence
Young Adult
Occupational Choice
Marital Choice
Marital Adjustment
Parenthood
Middle Years
Old Age
Death
Life Patterns
Personality Development & Physiological Functions
Therapeutic Relationship
Index

Genres: Psychology

615 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1968

About the author

Franz Lidz is an American writer and journalist.
He was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated, a contributing editor at Conde Nast Portfolio, and is a correspondent for Smithsonian,Slate,WSJ.,GQ, Sports Illustrated,The Wall Street Journal,The New York Observer,Men's Journal,AARP the Magazine,Philadelphia Magazine,Golf Digest and has written for the New York Times since 1983, on travel, TV, film and theater.

Reviews

[Erik Graff]

Theodore Lidz' The Person, the subtitle of which was changed to avoid sexist implication in later editions, is a developmental psychology book written for medical students by a psychoanalyst known for his work on schizophrenia. Consequently, it is not dumbed down. In fact, as a Psychology major in seminary, I was pleasantly surprised that our developmental course was taught by a medical doctor and that he selected this thorough and well-regarded text.

Although Lidz comes from a psychoanalytic tradition, he is not heavy handed about it. He was an American psychoanalyst, indeed, he was the head of the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical School of Yale at the time he wrote it and had, therefore, the rough edges of his psychological training pretty well worn smooth. Also, as a medical doctor himself, there is a good deal of explanation of the purely physiological changes that occur from fetal development through maturation.

[Hazel]

Fabulous. I first read this as a postgraduate and found it illuminating. I still reread sections from time to time, and should probably revisit the whole thing as a refresher. I would have loved to have Lidz for a trainer.