Personality: Theory and Research, 9th Edition introduces the primary theoretical perspectives that guide contemporary research on personality and individual differences, while also reviewing a wide range of contemporary scientific findings on personality. Throughout the text, emphasis is placed on how theory and research inform one another. Rich case material shows how the theoretical conceptions yield insight into the lives of individual persons. In keeping with the long tradition of this text, the new edition treats each theoretical approach objectively and even-handedly, encouraging readers to weigh the evidence and to formulate their own conclusions. Revisions in the new edition are designed to presents this complex scientific field in an highly engaging, accessible, and readable manner.
AUS DEM INHALT:
CHAPTER 1. PERSONALITY THEORY: FROM EVERYDAY OBSERVATIONS TO SYSTEMATIC THEORIES.
CHAPTER 2. THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF PEOPLE.
CHAPTER 3. A PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY: FREUD'S PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY OF PERSONALITY.
CHAPTER 4. A PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY: APPLICATIONS AND EVALUATION OF FREUD'S THEORY.
CHAPTER 5. A PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORY: CARL ROGERS'S PERSON-CENTERED THEORY OF PERSONALITY.
CHAPTER 6. A PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORY: APPLICATIONS AND EVALUATION OF ROGERS'S THEORY.
CHAPTER 7. TRAIT APPROACHES TO PERSONALITY: ALLPORT, EYSENCK, AND CATTELL.
CHAPTER 8. TRAIT THEORY: THE FIVE-FACTOR MODEL; APPLICATIONS AND
EVALUATION OF TRAIT APPROACHES TO PERSONALITY.
CHAPTER 9. BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONALITY.
CHAPTER 10. BEHAVIORISM AND THE LEARNING APPROACHES TO PERSONALITY.
CHAPTER 11. A COGNITIVE THEORY OF PERSONALITY: GEORGE A. KELLY'S PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY OF PERSONALITY.
CHAPTER 12. SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY: BANDURA AND MISCHEL. RELATING SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY TO THEPREVIOUS THEORIES.
CHAPTER 13. SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY: EXTENSIONS, APPLICATIONS, AND EVALUATION.
CHAPTER 14. PERSONALITY IN CONTEXT: INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, CULTURE, AND DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE COURSE OF LIFE.
CHAPTER 15. AN OVERVIEW OF PERSONALITY THEORY, ASSESSMENT, AND RESEARCH.
AUS DEM INHALT:
CHAPTER 1. PERSONALITY THEORY: FROM EVERYDAY OBSERVATIONS TO SYSTEMATIC THEORIES.
CHAPTER 2. THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF PEOPLE.
CHAPTER 3. A PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY: FREUD'S PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY OF PERSONALITY.
CHAPTER 4. A PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY: APPLICATIONS AND EVALUATION OF FREUD'S THEORY.
CHAPTER 5. A PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORY: CARL ROGERS'S PERSON-CENTERED THEORY OF PERSONALITY.
CHAPTER 6. A PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORY: APPLICATIONS AND EVALUATION OF ROGERS'S THEORY.
CHAPTER 7. TRAIT APPROACHES TO PERSONALITY: ALLPORT, EYSENCK, AND CATTELL.
CHAPTER 8. TRAIT THEORY: THE FIVE-FACTOR MODEL; APPLICATIONS AND
EVALUATION OF TRAIT APPROACHES TO PERSONALITY.
CHAPTER 9. BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONALITY.
CHAPTER 10. BEHAVIORISM AND THE LEARNING APPROACHES TO PERSONALITY.
CHAPTER 11. A COGNITIVE THEORY OF PERSONALITY: GEORGE A. KELLY'S PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY OF PERSONALITY.
CHAPTER 12. SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY: BANDURA AND MISCHEL. RELATING SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY TO THEPREVIOUS THEORIES.
CHAPTER 13. SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY: EXTENSIONS, APPLICATIONS, AND EVALUATION.
CHAPTER 14. PERSONALITY IN CONTEXT: INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, CULTURE, AND DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE COURSE OF LIFE.
CHAPTER 15. AN OVERVIEW OF PERSONALITY THEORY, ASSESSMENT, AND RESEARCH.