Personality Psychology: Understanding Yourself and Others [RENTAL EDITION]

ISBN 10: 0135188016 / ISBN 13: 9780135188019

Editore: Pearson

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This print textbook is available for students to rent for their classes. The Pearson print rental program provides students with affordable access to learning materials, so they come to class ready to succeed.

For courses in Personality Psychology

A modern approach to personality that harnesses students&; curiosity about themselves and their peers

Personality Psychology: Understanding Yourself and Others presents an up-to-date overview of arguably the most interesting and relevant subfield in psychology for today&;s undergraduate students. Committed to teaching students about personality psychology as well as about life itself, authors Jean Twenge and W. Keith Campbell address students&; most pressing questions about friendship, relationships, health, happiness, and more. Designed to appeal to today&;s students &; who are enmeshed in social media &; the 2nd Edition offers coverage of contemporary topics of interest, such as how the &;Big Five&; personality traits relate to digital communication and the impact of partner personality traits on relationship satisfaction.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Jean M. Twenge, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University, is the author of more than 130 scientific publications and the books iGen: Why Today&;s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy &; and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood; Generation Me: Why Today&;s Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled &; and More Miserable Than Ever Before; The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement (with W. Keith Campbell); and Social Psychology (13th Edition, with David G. Myers). She frequently gives talks and seminars on iGen based on a dataset of 11 million young people. Her research has been covered in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, and The Washington Post, and she has been featured on Today, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Fox and Friends, NBC Nightly News, Dateline NBC, and National Public Radio.
 
W. Keith Campbell, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at the University of Georgia, is the author of more than 100 scientific publications and the books, When You Love a Man Who Loves Himself: How to Deal with a One-Way Relationship; The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement (with Jean Twenge); and The Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Theoretical Approaches, Empirical Findings, and Treatments (with Josh Miller). His work on narcissism has appeared in USA Today, Time, and The New York Times, and he has made numerous radio and television appearances, including The Today Show, NPR&;s All Things Considered, and The Glenn Beck Show. Dr. Campbell speaks to organizations around the globe on the topics of narcissism, generations, and cultural change.

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