ABSTRACT

Note 5.0.1 The preceding account of a person's processes is incomplete. It treats a person as a nonsocial being seen by an unengaged scientific observer. What is lacking is an explicit recognition of the fact that persons are social beings. They develop and live in constant interaction with others and can only be known through an encounter. Hence, the next step is to describe the psychologic of interpersonal processes. At this level of analysis, the key concepts are respect, care, understanding, control, and trust.