Introduction to Personality, 4/E
E. Jerry Phares, Kansas State Universoty
William F. Chaplin, University of Alabama

ISBN-10: 0673994562
ISBN-13: 9780673994561

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 1997
Format: Cloth; 718 pp
Published: 02/18/1997

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Theories of personality under discussion in this edition include: psychoanalytic, biological, behavioral, phenomenological, social cognitive, social learning, and dispositional. Two new chapters explore the theories and research behind the biological influences on personality. New coverage of the application of personality theory to real-world concerns appears in separate chapters on personality and intellect, occupation, stress, and gender differences.

I. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF PERSONALITY.

 1. Introduction to Personality.

 2. The Tools of Understanding.

II. CONCEPTIONS OF PERSONALITY.

 3. Psychoanalytic Theory: The Freudian Revolution and Revisions.

 4. Psychoanalytic Theory, Research, Assessment, and Summary Evaluation.

 5. Biological Theories: Genetics and Evolution.

 6. Biological Theories: Evaluation and Application.

 7. Phenomenology and Social Cognition: The Self and Personal Constructs.

 8. Phenomenology and Social Cognition: Research, Assessment, and Summary.

 9. The Behavioral Tradition.

10. Behaviorism: Therapy, Assessment, and Summary Evaluation.

11. Social Learning Theory.

12. Social Learning Research, Assessment, and Summary Evaluation.

13. Descriptive Theories and the Dispositional Perspective.

14. Traits: Research, Assessment, and Summary Evaluation.

III. TOPICS AND ISSUES IN PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY.

15. Perspectives and Intellect.

16. Personality and Anxiety.

17. Personality, Occupations, and the Workplace.

18. Personality and Gender Differences.

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