The Personality Puzzle
Author:David C. Funder
Edition:8th Edition
The science of personality is explored through research methods, major theoretical perspectives, and real-world applications. It examines how traits, biology, environment, and culture shape individual differences, while addressing topics such as personality assessment, development, the self, and the influence of personality on relationships, behavior, and mental and physical health.
Chapters
- Chapter 1: The Study of the Person→
- Chapter 2: Personality Research Methods→
- Chapter 3: Personality Assessment: Effect Size, Replicability, and Open Science→
- Chapter 4: Persons and Situations→
- Chapter 5: Personality Judgment→
- Chapter 6: Traits and Types: The Big Five and Beyond→
- Chapter 7: Personality Stability, Development, and Change→
- Chapter 8: The Anatomy and Physiology of Personality→
- Chapter 9: Genetics and Evolution: The Inheritance of Personality→
- Chapter 10: Basics of Psychoanalysis→
- Chapter 11: Psychoanalysis After Freud: Neo-Freudians, Object Relations, and Current Research→
- Chapter 12: Humanistic Psychology, Positive Psychology, and the Science of Happiness→
- Chapter 13: Cultural Variation in Experience, Behavior, and Personality→
- Chapter 14: Personality Processes: Learning, Motivation, Emotion, and Thinking→
- Chapter 15: The Self: What You Know About You→
- Chapter 16: Relationships and Business→
- Chapter 17: Mental and Physical Health→
- Chapter 18: What Have We Learned?→
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