Personality Traits

ISBN-13: 9780521716222 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 602 str.

Gerald Matthews

Opis

This essential textbook examines what personality traits are, how they influence human behaviour and the applications of personality assessment.

Spis treści

Part I. The Nature of Personality Traits: 1. The trait concept and personality theory; 2. Persons, situations and interactionism; 3. Personality across the life span; 4. Stable traits and transient states; 5. Alternative views of personality: challenges to trait theory; Part II. Causes of Personality Traits: 6. Genes, environments and personality traits; 7. The psychobiology of traits; 8. The social psychology of traits; Part III. Consequences and Applications: 9. Stress; 10. Traits and health; 11. Abnormal personality traits?; 12. Personality, performance and information-processing; 13. Applications of personality assessment; 14. Conclusions.