Opis: Personality Psychology - Marianne Miserandino

Helps students relate current research in the field of personality psychology to their daily lives. Written with an approachable, story-telling style, Marianne Miserandino helps students understand how personality psychology applies to students' everyday lives. Pearsonality Psychology: Foundations and Findings presents an evidence-based text with integrated cultural references and the key building blocks of the subject matter (Foundations): traits, genetics, self and identity, neuroscience, intrapsychic aspects, regulations and motivation, and cognition as it applies to the human personality. Findings refers to the cutting edge research in each of these areas in which personality psychologists are actively engaged every day. Miserandino is an APA-award winning teacher and has placed learning tools such as self-assessments within each chapter that guide students into a complete understanding throughout the text. Miserandino has also written the instructor's manual. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to: * Analyze both the foundations and findings of the research process * Learn about themselves, the people around them, and how personality psychology applies to their everyday lives * Understand and interpret new discoveries in psychology and related fields as they occur in the future Click here to view a sample chapter! http://bit.ly/MiserandinoIN THIS SECTION: 1.) BRIEF 2.) COMPREHENSIVE BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS: CHAPTER 1: Who Am I? Understanding the Building Blocks of Personality CHAPTER 2: Personality Traits: A Good Theory CHAPTER 3: Personality Traits: Practical Matters CHAPTER 4: Personality Assessment CHAPTER 5: Self and Identity CHAPTER 6: Genetics CHAPTER 7: The Neuroscience of Personality CHAPTER 8: Intrapsychic Foundations of Personality CHAPTER 9: Regulation and Emotion: Self-Determination Theory CHAPTER 10: Cognitive Foundations of Personality CHAPTER 11: Gender and Personality CHAPTER 12: Sexual Orientation: An Integrative Mini-Chapter CHAPTER 13: Resilience: An Integrative Mini-Chapter COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 1: Who Am I? Understanding the Building Blocks of Personality What is Personality Psychology? How do Psychologists Study Personality? Research Methods Illustrated: A True Experiment Then and Now: The Ethics of Research with People Chapter 2: Personality Traits: A Good Theory What is a Personality Trait? What do we know about Personality From the Idiographic Approach? What do we know about Personality from the Nomothetic Approach? Research Methods Illustrated: Factory Analysis The Great Nomothetic Search for Universal Principles of Personality Then and Now: The Four Temperaments and the Five Factors Chapter 3: Personality Traits: Practical Matters What's Missing from the Five Factors? The Five Factors in other cultures Research Methods Illustrated: Triangulation and Types of Data Expression of Traits in Everyday Life The Personality of Everyday Life: What does your online presence say about your personality? Personality Development Over the Life Span: Continuity, Change, and Coherence Then and Now: The Grant Study of Harvard Graduates Chapter 4: Personality Assessment What makes a Good Personality Test? Research Methods Illustrated: Is the Neo-Pi-R a Good Personality Test? Personality Tests and Selection The Personality of Everyday Life: What can they ask you on a job interview? Then and Now: Personality Assessment and Matchmaking Chapter 5: Self and Identity Self-Concept Then and Now: The Self The Personality of Everday Life: Shooting Yourself in the Foot to Protect your Self-Esteem Research Methods Illustrated: Qualitative Data and Content Analysis Chapter 6: Genetics Nature and Nurture as Allies Genes and Environment as Co-Actors Research Methods Illustrated: Correlational Designs I: The Logic of Adoption Studies and Twin Studies Heritability of Common Personality Characteristics Then and Now: The Science of Genetics Genes and Environment: Adialectical Synthesis The Personality of Everyday Life: What can Genetics do for us? Chapter 7: The Neuroscience of Personality What is neuroscience and how do we study it? Research Methods Illustrated: Correlational Designs II: Scatterplots, Correlations, and the Alleged "Voodoo Science" of FMRI Studies Neurological Theories of Personality The Personality of Everday Life: Personality and the Guessing Penalty Then and Now: Phrenology, the new Phrenology, and the Future of NeuroImaging for Personality and Beyond Neurological Correlates of Personality Chapter 8: Intrapsychic Foundations of Personality Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis Research Methods Illustrated: Case Study and Psychobiography Psychobiography Psychodynamic Theory Since Freud Attachment Theory Chapter 9: Self-Determination Theory Three Fundamental Psychological Needs How Do We Satisfy These Needs? Then and Now: Undermining Intrinsic Interest Connections between Self-Determination Theory and Other Theories in Personality Research Methods Illustrated: Path Analysis What It Means to Be Self-Regulated Self-Determination Theory Applied Chapter 10: Cognitive Foundations of Personality Locus of Control Then and Now: Locus of Control Learned Helplessness Explanatory Style Research Methods Illustrated: Field Studies and Natural Manipulations Dispositional Optimism Chapter 11: Gender and Personality Beliefs about Personality Similarities and Differences between Men and Women Research Methods Illustrated: Effect Size and Meta Analysis Personality Differences between Men and Women: Fact or Fiction? What Causes Gender Differences? Gendered Beliefs about Personality: What Difference Does It Make? Then and Now: Definition and Assessment of Gender Chapter 12: Sexual Orientation: An Integrative Mini-Chapter Myths and Misperceptions about Sexual Orientation What is Sexual Orientation? How Many People are Gay, Lesbian, Straight, or Bisexual? What Determines Sexual Orientation? Chapter 13: Resilience: An Integrative Mini-Chapter What is Resilience? Characteristics of Resilient People The 7 Habits of Highly Resilient People

Szczegóły: Personality Psychology - Marianne Miserandino

Tytuł: Personality Psychology
Autor: Marianne Miserandino
Producent: Pearson
ISBN: 9781292039176
Rok produkcji: 2013
Ilość stron: 448
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.9 kg

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