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Personality psychology :

Larsen, Randy J.

Personality psychology : domains of knowledge about human nature / Randy J. Larsen, David M. Buss. - 2nd ed. - Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2005. - 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction Personality Psychology Chapter 2: Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design Part I: The Dispositional Domain Chapter 3: Traits and Trait Taxonomies Chapter 4: Theoretical and Measurement Issues in Trait Psychology Chapter 5: Personality Dispositions Over Time: Stability, Change, and Coherence Part II: The Biological Domain Chapter 6: Genetics and Personality Chapter 7: Physiological Approaches to Personality Chapter 8: Evolutionary Perspectives on Personality Part III: The Intrapsychic Domain Chapter 9: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality Chapter 10: Psychoanalytic Approaches: Contemporary Issues Chapter 11: Motives and Personality Part IV: The Cognitive/Experiential Domain Chapter 12: Cognitive Topics in Personality Chapter 13: Emotion and Personality Chapter 14: Approaches to the Self Part V: The Social and Cultural Domain Chapter 15: Personality and Social Interaction Chapter 16: Sex, Gender, and Personality Chapter 17: Culture and Personality Part VI: The Adjustment Domain Chapter 18: Stress, Coping, Adjustment, and Health Chapter 19: Disorders of Personality Conclusion Chapter 20: Summary and Possible Future Directions TOC

By organizing coverage into six domains of personality functioning, this book interweaves contemporary research, with modern theories within the context of each of the domains. It encourages students to view the "whole person" as the sum of influences and effects of each of the domains of personality functioning.



0072920491 (alk. paper) 0071111492

2004047134


Personality--Textbooks.

BF698 / .L3723 2005

302 / LAP 2005