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Personality : what makes you the way you are / Daniel Nettle.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Nettle, Daniel, author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Personality.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (305 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Why are some people worriers, & others wanderers? Why do some people seem good at empathising, & others at controlling? Daniel Nettle takes the reader on a tour through the science of human personality, looking at the 'big five' types of personality, & at the latest findings from psychology, brain science, & evolution.
Contents:
Character matters
The beak of the finch
Wanderers
Worriers
Controllers
Empathizers
Poets
The other half
Singing with your own voice
Appendix: The Newcastle Personality Assessor.
Notes:
Previously issued in print: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-293) and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
ISBN:
1-383-03494-X
0-19-157403-1
1-281-16081-4
9786611160814
0-19-152632-0
1-4356-1392-9
OCLC:
476243919

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