Personality: classic theories and modern research
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- Singapore Pearson Education Ltd., 2004
- xxiii, 584p. 23 cm ; Pbk
1. What is personality? 2. How is personality studied and assessed? 3. Eight basic aspects of personality 4. Psychoanalytic aspects of personality 5. Neo-analytic and ego aspects of personality : identity 6. Biological aspects of personality 7. Behaviorist and learning aspects of personality 8. Cognitive and social-cognitive aspects of personality 9. Trait aspects of personality 10. Humanistic, existential, and positive aspects of personality 11. Person-situation interactionist aspects of personality 12. Applications to individual differences 13. Male-female differences 14. Stress, adjustment, and health differences 15. Culture, religion, and ethnicity : processes and differences 16. Love and hate 17. Conclusion and outlook for the future 18. Where will we find personality?
This successful text puts personality back into the personality course, integrating the classic insights of the personality theorists with modern research in a manner that will fascinate and encourage deeper thought.