The Cambridge handbook of personality psychology / edited by Philip J. Corr and Gerald Matthews.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Corr, Philip J., editor.

Matthews, Gerald, editor.

Series:

Cambridge handbooks in psychology.

Cambridge handbooks in psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (liv, 850 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Personality psychology is a rapidly maturing science making important advances on both conceptual and methodological fronts. The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology offers a one-stop source for the most up-to-date scientific personality psychology. It provides a summary of cutting-edge personality research in all its forms, from DNA to political influences on its development, expression, pathology and applications. The chapters are informative, lively, stimulating and, sometimes, controversial and the team of international authors, led by two esteemed editors, ensures a truly wide range of theoretical perspectives. Each research area is discussed in terms of scientific foundations, main theories and findings, and future directions for research. With useful descriptions of technological approaches (for example, molecular genetics and functional neuroimaging) the Handbook is an invaluable aid to understanding the central role played by personality in psychology and will appeal to students of occupational, health, clinical, cognitive and forensic psychology.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Abbreviations; Preface; Editors' general introduction; Measurement of personality; Developmental processes; Theories of personality; Neuroscience; Cognitive science of personality; Social psychology and personality; Psychopathology and abnormality; Applications; Conclusion; References; Editors' introduction to Parts I to VIII; Part I. Foundation Issues; Part II. Personality Description and Measurement; Part III. Development, Health and Personality Change; Part IV. Biological Perspectives

Part V. Cognitive PerspectivesPart VI. Social and Cultural Processes; Part VII. Psychopathology; Part VIII. Applied Personality Psychology; Part I Foundation Issues; 1 Conceptual issues in personality theory; A diversity of personality theories; The grand theorist approach; Psychology's two disciplines; Major issues in personality theory; Theories in science; Closing remarks; References; 2 Personality psychology of situations; Why study situations?; Defining situations; Conceptualizing situations; Past attempts at studying situations; Riverside Situational Q-Sort; Future directions

References3 Personality: traits and situations; One individual, one situation; Many individuals, one situation; Many individuals, many situations; How should we define situations in personality research?; Some mechanisms linking traits and situations; Conclusion; References; 4 Personality and emotion; The emotion system as a sub-system of personality; Emotion and personality: inter-individual differences; References; 5 The characterization of persons: some fundamental conceptual issues; Some instructive historical considerations

Trait Measurement As a Formal Exercise in Person CharacterizationRevisiting Allport's discredited conjecture; Of carts and horses; Concluding observations; References; Part II Personality Description and Measurement; 6 The trait approach to personality; Personality traits are alive and well; Problem with the trait approach to personality; Nature of traits; Conclusion; References; 7 Methods of personality assessment; References; 8 Structural models of personality; Three models of personality with a common origin; Three independently developed major structures; The new era; Hierarchy

Circular structuresFuture directions; References; 9 The Five-Factor Model of personality traits: consensus and controversy; Origins of the FFM; Research discoveries; Current controversy concerning the FFM; References; 10 Personality and intelligence; Typical behaviours versus maximal performance; Personality disorders and normal personality; Level of analysis; Personality traits with construct overlap with intelligence; Broad personality factor overlap; Narrow personality factor overlap; Indirect evidence for personality-intelligence associations; Concluding remarks; References

Part III Development, Health and Personality Change

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

1-316-08805-7

1-282-31654-0

0-511-59654-5

9786612316548

0-511-59614-6

0-511-59294-9

0-511-59574-3

0-511-59201-9

0-511-59487-9

OCLC:

438728688