Information on Arthur W. Combs

Web Page Contents:

• Selected Publications Mentioned on the Web
• Web Quotes
• Other Web Mentions

Selected Publications Mentioned on the Web:

Arthur Combs, Ann Miser and Kathryn Whitaker

On Becoming a School Leader,
c. 1999. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
(mentioned in the Mid-Hudson Teacher Center link)
This may have been a tentative title (see below)

Combs, A., Miser, A., and Whitaker, K.

On becoming a leader: A person-centered challenge,
1999, Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
(see a University of Northern Colorado staff link)

Combs, A.

Cooperation: Beyond the age of competition,
1992, Philadelphia, PA: Gordon and Breach.
(see an Ohio State Family Life Bulletin link)

Combs, A.

Humanistic education: Too tender for a tough world?
February 1981, Phi Delta Kappan, 446-449.
(see a Valdosta link)

Donald L. Avila, Arthur W. Combs, and William W. Purkey

The Helping Relationship Sourcebook,
c.1971, Allyn and Bacon, Inc.
(mentioned in the Mid-Hudson Teacher Center link)

Combs, A. (ed.)

Perceiving, Behaving, Becoming: A New Focus for Education,
1962, Washington, D. C.: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
(see a Maslow bibliography link)

Combs, A. (ed.)

Personality Theory and Counseling Practice,
1961, Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida Press.
(see a Maslow bibliography link)

Combs, Arthur W. & Snygg, Donald

Individual Behavior, A Perceptual Approach to Behavior,
1959, 2nd Ed, New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers
(see the selected works by Donald Snygg link)

Snygg, Donald & Combs, Arthur W.

Individual Behavior, A New Frame of Reference for Psychology,
1949, New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers
(see the selected works by Donald Snygg link)

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Web Quotes:

July 21 (from the edquotes calendar)

Perhaps the most important single cause of a person's success or failure educationally has to do with the question of what he believes about himself.

October 16 (from the edquotes calendar)

The student takes his self-concept with him wherever he goes . . . Are we influencing that self-concept in positive or negative ways? We need to ask ourselves these kinds of questions. How can a person feel liked unless somebody likes him? How can a person feel wanted unless somebody wants him? How can a person feel accepted unless somebody accepts him? How can a person feel he's a person with dignity and integrity unless somebody treats him so? And how can a person feel that he is capable unless he has some success?

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Other Web Mentions:

• C. George Boeree on Snygg & Combs:
  "Sometimes, a theory fails to gain the attention it deserves because it is too simple, too clear, too practical. ..."
• C. George Boeree, a pointer to his comments
• West Georgia Psychology Department Curriculum

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Arthur Combs passed away in March of 1999 (e-mail from Dr. Kathryn Whitaker).