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Personality Psychology Domains of Knowledge about Human Nature

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ISBN-10: 0073370681

ISBN-13: 9780073370682

Edition: 4th 2010

Authors: Randy J. Larsen, David M. Buss

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Using a novel organizational framework, this text presents the field of contemporary personality psychology as a collection of interrelated topics and themes. It emphasises the scientific basis of understanding human nature covers topics that do not fit into the framework of theory-based texts.
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Book details

List price: $89.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 12/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 752
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.344
Language: English

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. Randy Larsen has…    

Introduction
Introduction to Personality Psychology
Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
The Dispositional Domain
Traits and Trait Taxonomies
Theoretical and Measurement Issues in Trait Psychology
Personality Dispositions over Time: Stability, Change, and Coherence
The Biological Domain
Genetics and Personality
Physiological Approaches to Personality
Evolutionary Perspectives on Personality
The Intrapsychic Domain
Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality
Psychoanalytic Approaches: Contemporary Issues
Motives and Personality
The Cognitive/Experiential Domain
Cognitive Topics in Personality
Emotion and Personality
Approaches to the Self
The Social and Cultural Domain
Personality and Social Interaction
Sex, Gender, and Personality
Culture and Personality
The Adjustment Domain
Stress, Coping, Adjustment, and Health
Disorders of Personality
Conclusion
Summary and Future Directions