Randy J. Larsen

Personality psychology : domains of knowledge about human nature / Randy J. Larsen, - xxii, 724 pages : illustration ;

Includes index

Introduction to personality psychology --
Personality assessment, measurement, and research design --
Traits and trait taxonomies --
Theoretical and measurement issues in trait psychology --
Personality dispositions over time : stability, coherence, and change --
Genetics and personality --
Physiological approaches to personality --
Evolutionary perspectives on personality --
Psychoanalytic approaches to personality --
Psychoanalytic approaches : contemporary issues --
Motives and personality --
Cognitive topics in personality --
Emotion and personality --
Approaches to the self --
Personality and social interaction --
Sex, gender, and personality --
Culture and personality --
Stress, coping, adjustment, and health --
Disorders of personality.

Using an organizational framework, one that emphasizes domains of knowledge about human nature, this text presents the field of contemporary personality psychology as a collection of interrelated topics and themes. It emphasises on the scientific basis of understanding human nature.



9780070164994


Personality
Genetics
Psychoanalysis
Personality--Social aspect

155.2 L329 2010