Scientific Study of Human Nature Tribute to Hans J. Eysenck at Eighty

Name: Scientific Study of Human Nature Tribute to Hans J. Eysenck at Eighty
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ISBN: 9780080427874

ISBN-10: 0080427871

ISBN-13: 9780080427874

Edition: 1997

Authors: Helmuth Nyborg

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This volume is a Festschrift for Hans J. Eysenck on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The world's leading experts in the field of personality and intelligence have gathered together to honour the most widely cited living psychologist. Each chapter describes first Hans Eysenck's contribution to a particular topic then what research has developed from it, what kinds of amendments, modifications or additions to his work are appropriate and, finally thoughts about the future of the field.

Book details

List price: $186.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date: 7/18/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 654
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.45" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English



Foreword



General introduction: Hans Eysenck - the man, his friends and this book




Personality



The psychobiological basis of personality




Hans Eysenck's personality dimensions: Their number and nature




Individual differences in reactions to reinforcing stimuli are neither black nor white: To what extent are they Gray?




Temperament and personality: Eysenck's three superfactors as related to temperamental dimensions




Psychology and medicine




Psychoticism as a dimension of personality




Classical conditioning, arousal, and crime: A biosocial perspective




Crime and personality




Sex and personality




Extraversion and impulsivity: The lost dimension?




Intelligence


Introduction: Hans Eysenck and the study of intelligence




The psychometrics of intelligence




Behavioral genetic and biological approaches to intelligence




Geographical variation in intelligence




Intelligence and information processing




Malleability and change in intelligence




Further Eysenckian Interests


Introduction: Hans Eysenck - A man of many talents




Classical conditioning and the role of personality




Eysenck's contribution to understanding psychopathology




The psychophysics and psychophysiology of extraversion and arousal




(Im)pure genius - psychoticism, intelligence, and creativity




Molecular creativity, genius and madness




Eysenck's personality theory and organizational psychology




Bursts of creativity and aberrant sunspot cycles: hypothetical covariations




Graphology, astrology, and parapsychology




Eysenck as teacher and mentor




Epilog



Psychology as science



Author index


Subject index