Frank Dumont

A History of Personality Psychology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents personality psychology, incorporating historical perspectives and how past developments have led to progressions within science and research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 574
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 820g
• ISBN-13: 9780521133265
• ISBN-10: 0521133262
• Artikelnr.: 37438727

Inhaltsangabe

1. Historical overview of personality psychology
2. From illness models to wellness models of human nature
3. Developmental perspectives on personality: from youth-based to lifespan models
4. The biological substrate of personality
5. Trait theories and the psychology of individual differences
6. The puzzle of the self
7. Culture and personality
8. Gendered personality
9. Emotions and rationality: a definition of the human
10. Taking the measure of the human: benefits and inherent limitations of personality measures
11. Personality change: means and possibilities
12. Disordered personality: evolution of nosological systems
13. Eight appendices: at the margins of personality psychology.