Personality Psychology: Domains of Knowledge About Human Nature - Rilegato

Larsen, Randy; Buss, David

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0073370681 ISBN 13: 9780073370682

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2009

Riassunto

Using a novel organizational framework, one that emphasizes domains of knowledge about human nature, this trusted text presents the field of contemporary personality psychology as a collection of interrelated topics and themes. The emphasis, as always, is on the scientific basis of understanding human nature. The fourth edition continues to answer the needs of instructors by covering topics that do not fit into the framework of theory-based texts. It features updates on cutting edge trends in personality psychology in relation to culture, gender, evolution, genetics, emotion, self, health psychology, and personality disorders, while providing a solid foundation in the more traditional areas of trait psychology, psychoanalysis, and cognitive and social approaches to personality. Presented in a colorful and accessible format, the provides exercises, personality questionnaires, "Closer Look" boxes, current news boxes, and many charts, graphs, and photos to engage students in the material.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Randy J. Larsen received his PhD in Personality Psychology from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1984. In 1992, he was awarded the Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award for Early Career Contributions to Personality Psychology from the American Psychological Association, and in 1987 he received a Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health. He has been an associate editor at the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and has been on the editorial boards of the Journal of Research in Personality, Review of General Psychology, and the Journal of Personality. RandyLarsen has served on several Scientifi c Review Groups for the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Research Council. He is a Fellow in the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association. His research on personality has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Aging, the McDonnell Foundation for Cognitive Neuroscience, and the Solon Summerfield Foundation. In 2000 he was elected president of the Midwestern Psychological Association. He has served on the faculty at Purdue University and the University of Michigan. Currently Randy Larsen is chairman of the Psychology Department, and the William R. Stuckenberg Professor of Human Values and Moral Development, at Washington University in St. Louis, where he teaches Personality Psychology and other courses. He lives in St. Louis with his wife and two children.

Contenuti:

Introduction

1. Introduction to Personality Psychology

2. Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design

Part I: The Dispositional Domain

3. Traits and Trait Taxonomies

4. Theoretical and Measurement Issues in Trait Psychology

5. Personality Dispositions over Time: Stability, Change, and Coherence

Part II: The Biological Domain

6. Genetics and Personality

7. Physiological Approaches to Personality

8. Evolutionary Perspectives on Personality

Part III: The Intrapsychic Domain

9. Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality

10. Psychoanalytic Approaches: Contemporary Issues

11. Motives and Personality

Part IV: The Cognitive/Experiential Domain

12. Cognitive Topics in Personality

13. Emotion and Personality

14. Approaches to the Self

Part V: The Social and Cultural Domain

15. Personality and Social Interaction

16. Sex, Gender, and Personality

17. Culture and Personality

Part VI: The Adjustment Domain

18. Stress, Coping, Adjustment, and Health

19. Disorders of Personality

Conclusion

20. Summary and Future Directions

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0073370681
• ISBN 13: 9780073370682
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 4
• Numero di pagine: 724