Personality

Name: Personality
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ISBN: 9780495097860

ISBN-10: 0495097861

ISBN-13: 9780495097860

Edition: 7th 2008

Authors: Jerry M. Burger

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This proven text fuses the best of theory-based and research-based instruction to give you a powerful introduction to personality that is accessible and understandable. Burger pairs "theory, applications, and assessment" chapters with chapters that describe the research programs aligned with every major theoretical approach. Biographical sketches of theorists and accounts of the stories behind influential research programs help you gain an understanding of how classic and contemporary findings relate to each other, and reinforce the idea that theory and research perpetuate one another. In-text self-assessments and a Study Guide (available separately) allow you to stop, consider what you're…

Book details

List price: $306.95
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 4/16/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 624
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English

Jerry M. Burger is a professor of Psychology at Santa Clara University. He is the author of dozens of journal articles and book chapters, as well as the book DESIRE FOR CONTROL: PERSONALITY, SOCIAL, AND CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES (1992). He has been on the editorial board of the Journal of Personality and the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and has served as an associate editor for the Personality Processes and Individual Difference section of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Burger continues to teach the personality course, and PERSONALITY, 9th Edition reflects his many years of experience.




What Is Personality?



Personality Research Methods



The Psychoanalytic Approach: Freudian Theory, Application and Assessment



The Freudian Approach: Relevant Research



The Psychoanalytic Approach: Neo-Freudian Theory, Application and Assessment



Strengths and Criticisms of The Neo-Freudian Theories: Relevant Research



The Trait Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment



The Trait Approach: Relevant Research



The Biological Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment



The Biological Approach: Relevant Research



The Humanistic Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment



The Humanistic Approach: Relevant Research



The Behavioral/Social Learning Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment



The Behavioral/Social Learning Approach: Relevant Research



The Cognitive Approach: Theory, Application and Assessment



The Cognitive Approach: Relevant Research


Epilogue: Some Concluding Observations