Personality psychology : domains of knowledge about human nature / Randy J. Larsen,

By: Randy J. Larsen [author]
Contributor(s): Buss, David M [author]
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill , 2010Description: xxii, 724 pages : illustrationContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780070164994Subject(s): Personality | Genetics | Psychoanalysis | Personality--Social aspectDDC classification: 155.2 L329 2010
Contents:
Introduction to personality psychology -- Personality assessment, measurement, and research design -- Traits and trait taxonomies -- Theoretical and measurement issues in trait psychology -- Personality dispositions over time : stability, coherence, and change -- Genetics and personality -- Physiological approaches to personality -- Evolutionary perspectives on personality -- Psychoanalytic approaches to personality -- Psychoanalytic approaches : contemporary issues -- Motives and personality -- Cognitive topics in personality -- Emotion and personality -- Approaches to the self -- Personality and social interaction -- Sex, gender, and personality -- Culture and personality -- Stress, coping, adjustment, and health -- Disorders of personality.
Summary: Using an organizational framework, one that emphasizes domains of knowledge about human nature, this text presents the field of contemporary personality psychology as a collection of interrelated topics and themes. It emphasises on the scientific basis of understanding human nature.
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Includes index

Introduction to personality psychology --
Personality assessment, measurement, and research design --
Traits and trait taxonomies --
Theoretical and measurement issues in trait psychology --
Personality dispositions over time : stability, coherence, and change --
Genetics and personality --
Physiological approaches to personality --
Evolutionary perspectives on personality --
Psychoanalytic approaches to personality --
Psychoanalytic approaches : contemporary issues --
Motives and personality --
Cognitive topics in personality --
Emotion and personality --
Approaches to the self --
Personality and social interaction --
Sex, gender, and personality --
Culture and personality --
Stress, coping, adjustment, and health --
Disorders of personality.

Using an organizational framework, one that emphasizes domains of knowledge about human nature, this text presents the field of contemporary personality psychology as a collection of interrelated topics and themes. It emphasises on the scientific basis of understanding human nature.

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