Personality, Individual Differences and Intelligence, 2nd Edition

✍ Scribed by John Maltby

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 815
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Personality, Individual Differences and Intelligence, 2nd Edition, offers accessible and in-depth coverage of classic and contemporary issues, and actively encourages students to develop skills in critical analysis. All chapters have been extensively revised to include the latest research. This new edition includes four new chapters, covering Health Psychology, Well being and Personality Disorders, Contemporary Ideas and Debates in Personality, and Psychometric Testing. The book includes a range of pedagogical features to engage students, stimulate interest and support learning at different levels. In addition, the book is supported by a fantastic companion website which includes a range of exam and essay questions to allow students to consolidate their understanding, weblinks and commentary on online journals to help students better understand the research process in the field, and three chapters are available exclusively online: Academic Argument and Thinking, Statistical Terms, and Research Ethics.

✦ Table of Contents

About the Authors......Page 3
Brief Contents......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Guided Tour......Page 18
Preface......Page 22
Acknowledgements......Page 26
Part 1. Personality......Page 30
1. Personality Theory in Context......Page 31
2. The Basis of the Psychoanalytic Approach to Personality......Page 49
3. Developments of Freudian Theorising......Page 71
4. Learning Theory Perspectives on Personality......Page 99
5. Cognitive Personality Theories......Page 130
6. Humanistic Personality Theories......Page 154
7. The Trait Approach to Personality......Page 183
8. Biological Basis of Personality I: Genetic Heritability of Personality and Biological and Physiological Models of Personality......Page 207
9. Biological Basis of Personality II: Evolutionary Psychology and Animal Studies of Personality......Page 237
10. Further Ideas and Debates in Personality: Personality and Culture......Page 258
Part 2. Intelligence......Page 291
11. An Introduction to Intelligence......Page 293
12. Theories and Measurement of Intelligence......Page 309
13. The Use of Intelligence Tests: What Questions Emerge from the Measurement of Intelligence?......Page 336
14. Heritability and Socially Defined Race Differences in Intelligence......Page 365
15. Further Discussions and Debates in Intelligence: Sex Differences in Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence......Page 403
16. The Application of Personality and Intelligence in Education and the Workplace: The Introduction of Other Intelligences......Page 439
17. Further Debates and Applications in Individual Differences: An Introduction......Page 474
18. Optimism......Page 487
19. Irrational Beliefs......Page 511
20. Embarrassment, Shyness and Social Anxiety......Page 532
21. Interpersonal Relationships......Page 556
22. Social Attitudes......Page 586
23. Well-being and Personality Disorders......Page 612
24. Individual Differences in Health and Illness......Page 642
25. An Introduction to Psychometric Testing......Page 665
26. Academic Argument and Thinking......Page 705
27. Statistical Terms......Page 714
28. Research Ethics......Page 723
Glossary......Page 732
References......Page 752
Index......Page 791