Larsen, Randy J.

Personality psychology : domains of knowledge about human nature / Randy J. Larsen, David M. Buss. - 3rd edition - Boston McGraw Hill c2008 - xxiii, 759 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 703-738) and indexes.

BRIEF CONTENTS:

Introduction
1. Introduction to Personality Psychology
2. Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
Part I The Dispositional Domain
3. Traits and Trait Taxonomies
4. Theoretical and Measurement Issues in Trait Psychology
5. Personality Dispositions over Time: Stability, Change, and Coherence
Part II The Biological Domain
6. Genetics of Personality
7. Physiological Approaches to Personality
8. Evolutionary Perspectives on Personality
Part III The Intrapsychic Domain
9. Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality
10. Psychoanalytic Approaches: Contemporary Issues
11. Motives and Personality
Part IV The Cognitive/Experiential Domain
12. Cognitive Approaches to Personality
13. Emotion and Personality
14. Approaches to the Self
Part V The Social and Cultural Domain
15. Personality and Social Interaction
16. Sex, Gender, and Personality
17. Culture and Personality
Part VI The Adjustment Domain
18. Stress, Coping, Adjustment, and Health
19. Disorders of Personality Conclusion
20. Summary and Future Directions


0073531901 (alk. paper) 9780073531908 (alk. paper)

2006047327


Personality--Textbooks.

BF 698 L334p 2008