Individual Differences and Personality, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive overview of research regarding what personality is and how and why it differs between people. This book begins with a description of the study of personality and then presents basic principles of personality measurement, the concept of personality traits, and the major dimensions of personality variation. Further chapters review personality change and stability, biological causal mechanisms, genetic and environmental influences, and evolutionary adaptive function. Personality disorders are examined as are life outcomes (such as relationships, work, and health) that are predicted by personality characteristics. In addition, the book examines important individual differences beyond personality, such as mental abilities, religious beliefs, political attitudes, and sexuality.
Revisions to the fourth edition include updates to all chapters and substantial new content. For example, the developmental change chapter includes new studies of long-term stability, and the biological bases chapter includes new research about the effects of dopamine-like substances on impulse control. The genetics chapter has been heavily revised to cover recent meta-analyses and large-scale studies of the heritability of personality traits. In the chapter on the evolutionary function of personality, the discussion of sex differences is expanded to include cross-cultural variation. The chapter on personality and life outcomes includes new coverage of rating the personality of one's hypothetical ideal partner. The chapter on mental ability has updates on brain volume and IQ and on motivation and IQ.
1. Introduction - p. Page vi 2. List of Illustrations - p. Page xi 3. List of Tables - p. Page xii 4. Chapter 1 : Basic Concepts in Psychological Measurement - p. Page xii 5. Chapter 2 : Personality Traits and the Inventories That Measure Them - p. Page 29 6. Chapter 3 : Personality Structure Classifying Traits - p. Page 61 7. Chapter 4 : Developmental Change and Stability of Personality - p. Page 87 8. Chapter 5 : Biological Bases of Personality - p. Page 109 9. Chapter 6 : Genetic and Environmental Influences on Personality - p. Page 129 10. Chapter 7 : The Evolutionary Function of Personality - p. Page 161 11. Chapter 8 : Personality Disorders - p. Page 185 12. Chapter 9 : Personality and Life Outcomes - p. Page 205 13. Chapter 10 : Mental Ability - p. Page 236 14. Chapter 11 : Vocational Interests - p. Page 291 15. Chapter 12 : Religion and Politics - p. Page 311 16. Chapter 13 : Sexuality - p. Page 338 17. Conclusions - p. Page 359 18. GENERIC-TITLE - p. Page 366 19. Index - p. Page 366
Individual Differences and Personality, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive overview of research regarding what personality is and how and why it differs between people. This book begins with a description of the study of personality and then presents basic principles of personality measurement, the concept of personality traits, and the major dimensions of personality variation. Further chapters review personality change and stability, biological causal mechanisms, genetic and environmental influences, and evolutionary adaptive function. Personality disorders are examined as are life outcomes (such as relationships, work, and health) that are predicted by personality characteristics. In addition, the book examines important individual differences beyond personality, such as mental abilities, religious beliefs, political attitudes, and sexuality.
Revisions to the fourth edition include updates to all chapters and substantial new content. For example, the developmental change chapter includes new studies of long-term stability, and the biological bases chapter includes new research about the effects of dopamine-like substances on impulse control. The genetics chapter has been heavily revised to cover recent meta-analyses and large-scale studies of the heritability of personality traits. In the chapter on the evolutionary function of personality, the discussion of sex differences is expanded to include cross-cultural variation. The chapter on personality and life outcomes includes new coverage of rating the personality of one's hypothetical ideal partner. The chapter on mental ability has updates on brain volume and IQ and on motivation and IQ.
1. Introduction - p. Page vi 2. List of Illustrations - p. Page xi 3. List of Tables - p. Page xii 4. Chapter 1 : Basic Concepts in Psychological Measurement - p. Page xii 5. Chapter 2 : Personality Traits and the Inventories That Measure Them - p. Page 29 6. Chapter 3 : Personality Structure Classifying Traits - p. Page 61 7. Chapter 4 : Developmental Change and Stability of Personality - p. Page 87 8. Chapter 5 : Biological Bases of Personality - p. Page 109 9. Chapter 6 : Genetic and Environmental Influences on Personality - p. Page 129 10. Chapter 7 : The Evolutionary Function of Personality - p. Page 161 11. Chapter 8 : Personality Disorders - p. Page 185 12. Chapter 9 : Personality and Life Outcomes - p. Page 205 13. Chapter 10 : Mental Ability - p. Page 236 14. Chapter 11 : Vocational Interests - p. Page 291 15. Chapter 12 : Religion and Politics - p. Page 311 16. Chapter 13 : Sexuality - p. Page 338 17. Conclusions - p. Page 359 18. GENERIC-TITLE - p. Page 366 19. Index - p. Page 366
