Personality : contemporary theory and research
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Personality : contemporary theory and research
Thomson/Wadsworth, c2005
3rd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Learn the ways researchers in personality psychology conduct their work with PERSONALITY: CONTEMPORARY THEORY AND RESEARCH. The only book of its kind, consists of invited chapters, organized into two main sections around basic issues and research topics.
Table of Contents
Part One: BASIC ISSUES IN PERSONALITY. 1. The Scientific Study of Personality, Mark R. Leary. 2. Personality Measurement, Stephen R. Briggs. 3. Genetic and Environmental Influences, David C. Rowe and Edwin J.C.G. van den Oord. 4. Personality: Biological Perspectives, Richard J. Davidson. 5. Personality Development, Patricia L. Waters and Jonathan M. Cheek. 6. Motives, Barbara A. Woike and Dan P. McAdams. Part Two: TOPICS IN PERSONALITY RESEARCH. 7. Personality Structure, Robert R. McCrae. 8. The Psychological Unconscious, Michael Nash. 9. Self-Concept, Self-Esteem, and Identity, Roy F. Baumeister. 10. Self-Awareness and Self-Consciousness, Stephen L. Franzoi and Mark H. Davis. 11. Personality and Control, Jerry M. Burger. 12. Sex and Gender, Richard A. Lippa. 13. Emotions, Rowland S. Miller. 14. Moral Character, Nicholas Emler. 15. Culture and Personality, A. Timothy Church and Fernando A. Ortiz. 16. Stress and Illness, Kathleen A. Lawler, Rebecca L. Volz, and Marina F. Martin. 17. The Interface of Personality and Relationships, Warren H. Jones and Laurie L. Couch. 18. Disorders of Personality: Diseases or Individual Differences?, James E. Maddux and Clare E. Mundell.
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