TY - BOOK AU - Randy J. Larsen AU - Buss, David M. TI - Personality psychology: domains of knowledge about human nature SN - 9780070164994 U1 - 155.2 L329 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Personality KW - Genetics KW - Psychoanalysis KW - Personality--Social aspect N1 - 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; 100-199; 150.1942 N2 - 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. ER -