Who Am I? The 16 Basic Desires that Motivate Our Actions and Define Our Personalities

by Steven Reiss, Ph.D. ’77, professor of psychology and psychiatry at Ohio State University and the director of the Nisonger Center for Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Tarcher/Putnam (N.Y.), 2000. Combining the methods of psychology with the ideas of philosophy, this book offers a new approach to the search for meaning and happiness as well as insights into romantic relationships, family dynamics, careers and spirituality.