Personality : theory and research /
By: Pervin, Lawrence A.
Contributor(s): Cervone, Daniel
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Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2008Edition: 10th ed.Description: xxii, 645 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780471742418; 9780471742418:.Subject(s): Personality -- Textbooks | PsychologyDDC classification: 155.2 Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Personality theory: from everyday observations to systematic theories -- The scientific study of people -- A psychodynamic theory: Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality -- Freud's psychoanalytic theory: applications, related theoretical conceptions, and contemporary research -- A phenomenological theory: Carl Rogers's person-centered theory of personality -- Rogers's phenomenological theory: applications, related theoretical conceptions, and contemporary research -- Trait theories of personality: Allport, Eysenck, and Cattell -- Trait theory: the five-factor model: applications and evaluation of trait approaches to personality -- Biological foundations of personality -- Behavioralism and the learning approaches to personality -- A cognitive theory: George A. Kelly's personal construct theory of personality -- Social-cognitive theory: Bandura and Mischel -- Social-cognitive theory: applications, related theoretical conceptions, and contemporary research -- Personality in context: interpersonal relations, culture, and development across the course of life -- Assessing personality theory and research -- Glossary.
Both scholarly and manageable, this text offers an unbiased introduction to the major theories of personality, and successfully integrates theory with research. The authors illustrate each theory with a case, and analyse the strengths and limitations of each approach.