Personality down under : perspectives from Australia / Simon Boag, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boag, Simon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personality--Australia.

Personality.

Ethnology--Australia.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new and important book highlights both the strengths and diversity of research in the field of personality and individual differences research emanating from Australia and surrounding region.

Contents:

""PERSONALITY DOWN UNDER: PERSPECTIVES FROM AUSTRALIA""; ""NOTICE TO THE READER""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PART A: INTRODUCTION""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""A BRIEF HISTORY OF PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PIONEERS IN AUSTRALIAN PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES RESEARCH""; ""APPLICATIONS IN PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES RESEARCH""; ""CLINICAL APPLICATIONS""; ""MENTAL TESTING IN AUSTRALIA AND THE RACE DEBATE""; ""OTHER SPHERES OF EARLY APPLICATION: INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION""

""THE DEVELOPING FACE OF PERSONALITY RESEARCH""""OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""PART B:THEORY AND ASSESSMENT OF PERSONALITY""; ""DO PERSONALITY TYPES EXIST?""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""TAXOMETRIC ANALYSIS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""REINFORCEMENT SENSITIVITY THEORY AND WORKPLACE MOTIVATION""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""REINFORCEMENT SENSITIVITY THEORY""; ""REINFORCEMENT SENSITIVITY THEORY AND WORKPLACE MOTIVATION""; ""LINKS BETWEEN BAS/BIS AND GOAL ORIENTATION""; ""LINKS BETWEEN BAS/BIS AND CORE SELF EVALUATION""

""CONCLUSION""""ACKNOWLEDGEMENT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""ITEM FORMATS AND SOCIAL DESIRABILITY IN PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT: A REVIEW OF THE PLACE OF FORCED-CHOICE ITEMS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SHOULD TEST-USERS BE CONCERNED ABOUT �SOCIAL DESIRABILITY� RESPONDING?""; ""EFFECT OF STUDIES SUGGESTING SOCIAL DESIRABILITY IS NOT A PROBLEM""; ""CONTRASTING STUDIES: SOCIAL DESIRABILITY IS SEEN TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM""; ""CAN FORCED-CHOICE ITEM FORMATS REDUCE SOCIAL DESIRABILITY RESPONDING AND IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT?""; ""A CURRENT PROJECT""

""DISCUSSION AND FURTHER TYPES OF FORCED-CHOICE ITEMS AND STRATEGIES""""FURTHER RESEARCH""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""MEASURING MINDFULNESS: THE CHALLENGE OF APPROPRIATE SAMPLING""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""WHAT IS MINDFULNESS?""; ""THE FIVE FACET MINDFULNESS QUESTIONNAIRE""; ""IDEAL SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS""; ""LIMITATIONS OF THE FFMQ�S DEVELOPMENT""; ""ONLINE SURVEY AND WEB-BASED SNOWBALL SAMPLING""; ""RESPONDENTS""; ""STATISTICAL ANALYSIS""; ""RESULTS""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""

""CASCADING CONSTRAINTS: THE ROLE OF EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL DEFICITS IN THE FORMATION OF PERSONALITY STYLES""""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BROADBAND AND SPECIFIC PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT""; ""THE UTILITY OF DEFINING PSYCHOPATHY AT A PERSONALITY LEVEL""; ""Anti-social Personality Disorder > Psychopathy > Callous-Unemotionality""; ""A BRIEF DEFINITION OF EMPATHY""; ""NEURO-COGNITIVE PROFILES OF PSYCHOPATHY""; ""A PREDATORY ATTENTIONAL STYLE""; ""DEFINING NARCISSISM IN THEORY AND PRACTICE""; ""DEVELOPMENTAL ACCOUNTS OF NARCISSISM""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

""IS LANGUAGE NECESSARY FOR CONSCIOUS THOUGHT? ASSESSING FREUD�S �WORD/THING-PRESENTATION� DISTINCTION""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60876-309-9

OCLC:

847650012