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.