Personality: Theory and Research
by Daniel Cervone, Lawrence A. Pervin
15th Edition
Publisher: Wiley
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781119891673 |
| eText ISBN | 9781119891635 |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Publishing Year | 2022 |
| Edition | 15th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 560 |
Understanding the human mind requires a systematic, evidence-based exploration of the forces that shape individual differences, behavioral patterns, and personal growth. In an era where digital interactions, social media, and rapid cultural shifts constantly redefine our social connections, having a reliable scientific framework is more crucial than ever before. Personality: Theory and Research 15th Edition answers this need by offering a highly engaging, contemporary, and balanced exploration of the field. This landmark textbook provides students with the critical analytical tools necessary to dissect complex psychological theories, helping them understand how historical perspectives directly inform modern clinical practices, therapeutic interventions, and everyday human behavior.
This comprehensive volume presents an unbiased, in-depth examination of the major theoretical perspectives in personality psychology, including psychodynamic, phenomenological, trait, behavioral, cognitive, and social-cognitive approaches. Rather than viewing these diverse frameworks in isolation, the authors utilize a comparative structure that encourages readers to evaluate, contrast, and synthesize different scientific models. By exploring the biological underpinnings of behavior, genetic influences, and the profound impact of cultural contexts, the text demonstrates how diverse research methodologies converge to form our modern understanding of the human psyche. The authors carefully trace the development of these theories from early clinical observations to contemporary neuroscientific discoveries.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Personality Theory: From Observation to Scientific Explanation
- • Defining Personality
- • Three Goals for the Personality Theorist
- • Answering Questions about Persons Scientifically: Understanding Structures, Processes, Development, and Therapeutic Change
- • Important Issues in Personality Theory
- • Evaluating Personality Theories
- • The Personality Theories: An Introduction
Chapter 2: The Scientific Study of People
- • Personality Research: The Data
- • Personality Research: Research Designs
- • Contemporary Developments in Personality Research: Social Media and Language-Based Assessments
- • Personality Assessment and the Case of Jim
- • Vive la Différence: Conceptual Distinctions in Personality Research
Chapter 3: A Psychodynamic Theory: Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality
- • Sigmund Freud (1856-1939): A View of the Theorist
- • Freud's View of the Person
- • Freud's View of the Science of Personality
- • Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality
Chapter 4: Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory: Applications, Related Theoretical Conceptions, and Contemporary Research
- • Psychodynamic Personality Assessment: Projective Tests
- • Psychopathology
- • Psychological Change
- • The Case of Jim
- • Related Theoretical Conceptions
- • Contemporary Developments in Personality Theory: Neuropsychoanalysis
- • Critical Evaluation
Chapter 5: A Phenomenological Theory: The Personality Theory of Rogers
- • Carl R. Rogers (1902-1987): A View of the Theorist
- • Rogers's View of the Person
- • Rogers's View of the Science of Personality
- • The Personality Theory of Carl Rogers
Chapter 6: Rogers's Phenomenological Theory: Applications, Related Theoretical Conceptions, and Contemporary Research
- • Clinical Applications
- • The Case of Jim
- • Related Conceptions: Human Potential, Positive Psychology, and Existentialism
- • Developments in Research: The Self and Authenticity
- • Contemporary Developments in Personality Theory: Personality Systems Interaction Theory and the Integrated Self
Chapter 7: Trait Theories of Personality: Allport, Eysenck, and Cattell
- • A View of the Trait Theorists
- • Trait Theory's View of the Person
- • Trait Theory's View of the Science of Personality
- • Trait Theories of Personality: Basic Perspectives Shared by Trait Theorists
- • The Trait Theory of Gordon W. Allport (1897-1967)
- • Identifying Primary Trait Dimensions: Factor Analysis
- • The Factor-Analytic Trait Theory of Raymond B. Cattell (1905-1998)
- • The Three-Factor Theory of Hans J. Eysenck (1916-1997)
Chapter 8: Trait Theory: The Five-Factor Model and Contemporary Developments
- • On Taxonomies of Personality
- • The Five-Factor Model of Personality: Research Evidence
- • Five-Factor Theory
- • Maybe We Missed One? The Six-Factor Model
- • Cross-cultural Research: Are the Big Five Dimensions Universal?
- • Contemporary Developments in Trait Theory: Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory
- • The Case of Jim: Factor-Analytic Trait-Based Assessment
- • The Person-Situation Controversy
- • Critical Evaluation
Chapter 9: Behaviorism and The Learning Approaches To Personality
- • Behaviorism's View of the Person
- • Behaviorism's View of the Science of Personality
- • Watson, Pavlov, and Classical Conditioning
- • Skinner's Theory of Operant Conditioning
- • Critical Evaluation
Chapter 10: A Cognitive Theory: George A. Kelly's Personal Construct Theory of Personality
- • George A. Kelly (1905-1966): A View of the Theorist
- • Kelly's View of the Science of Personality
- • Kelly's View of the Person
- • The Personality Theory of George A. Kelly
- • Clinical Applications
- • The Case of Jim
- • Related Points of View and Recent Developments
- • Critical Evaluation
Chapter 11: Social-Cognitive Theory: Bandura and Mischel
- • Relating Social-Cognitive Theory to Historically Prior Theories
- • A View of the Theorists
- • Social-Cognitive Theory's View of the Person
- • Social-Cognitive Theory's View of the Science of Personality
- • Social-Cognitive Theory of Personality: Structure
- • Social-Cognitive Theory of Personality: Process
- • Social-Cognitive Theory of Growth and Development
Chapter 12: Social-Cognitive Theory: Applications, Related Theoretical Conceptions, and Contemporary Research
- • Clinical Applications
- • The Case of Jim
- • Related Theoretical Conceptions
- • Contemporary Developments in Social-Cognitive Theory
Chapter 13: Biological Foundations of Personality
- • Genes and Personality
- • Evolutionary Antecedents
- • Neuroscientific Investigations of Higher-Level Psychological Functions
- • Plasticity and Brain Development
Chapter 14: Personality in Context: Culture, Gender, and the Coherence of Persons
- • Interplay Between Personality and Culture
- • Gender Differences and Similarities
- • Coherence of the Individual in Social Contexts
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