The life and work of an eminent psychologist
By: autobiography of Richard S. Lazarus.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Lazarus, Richard S.; Psychologists -- United States -- Biography.; Spiritual biography -- United States.
Description: This book is an intellectual and personal history of Richard Lazarus, a psychologist whose pioneering research and theories in stress, coping, and emotion continue to have a worldwide influence.

The author interweaves the account of his personal life and career with the developments of psychology as an academic discipline during the past five decades. His reminiscences offer glimpses of academic life, university politics, and also his growing contacts with the European and Japanese colleagues who invited him to lecture. The book concludes with his thoughts about aging, retirement, and issues of life and death.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.