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Introduction to personality / created by Jerry E. Phares

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Harper Collins Publishers, 1991Copyright date: 1991Edition: Third editionDescription: 679 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 8673464245
  • 9780673464248
  • 9780063651579
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF698 PHA
Contents:
Part 1 An introduction to the study of personality: introduction to personality; conceptions of personality. Part 2 Concepts of personality: psychoanalytic theory; psychoanalysis; phenomenology; phenomenology and the self; the dispositional perspective; dispositions; the behavioural traditional; behaviourism; social learning theory; social learning. Part 3 Personality processes: intelligence; anxiety, stress and health; perceived control; aggression; altruism, empathy and moral judgements; sex roles and gender differences.
Summary: Presents the major theories, research techniques, and assessment methods in contemporary personality psychology. Each theoretical chapter is followed by a research and assessment chapter, with summaries intended to help students recognize each theory's strengths and weaknesses.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Batanai Library Open Shelf BF698 PHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 72756 Available BK2929
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf BF698 PHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 57871 Available BK195

Includes index.

Part 1 An introduction to the study of personality: introduction to personality; conceptions of personality. Part 2 Concepts of personality: psychoanalytic theory; psychoanalysis; phenomenology; phenomenology and the self; the dispositional perspective; dispositions; the behavioural traditional; behaviourism; social learning theory; social learning. Part 3 Personality processes: intelligence; anxiety, stress and health; perceived control; aggression; altruism, empathy and moral judgements; sex roles and gender differences.

Presents the major theories, research techniques, and assessment methods in contemporary personality psychology. Each theoretical chapter is followed by a research and assessment chapter, with summaries intended to help students recognize each theory's strengths and weaknesses.

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