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Tables of Contents for Personality
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
Part I. Background and Methodilogy
Foundations and Current Scene
5
22
Meaning and Measurement
7
1
Historical Foundations
8
13
The Current Scene
21
1
Summary
22
1
Key Concepts
23
1
Questions and Activities
23
3
Suggested Readings
26
1
Reaearch Concepts and Methods
27
22
Variables and Research
28
5
Measurement, Reliability, and Validity
33
2
Scientific Methods
35
7
A Little Statistics
42
3
Summary
45
1
Key Concepts
46
1
Questions and Activities
47
1
Suggested Readings
48
1
Personality Assessment
49
30
Overview of Assessment Procedures
50
1
Observations and Interviews
51
8
Checklists and Rating Scales
59
5
Personality Inventories
64
3
Projective Techniques
67
3
Objective Measures of Personality
70
1
Summary
71
1
Key Concepts
72
1
Questions and Activities
73
3
Suggested Readings
76
3
Part II. Theories of Personality
Dispositional Theories
79
28
Assumptions and Speculations
80
2
Type Theories
82
3
Trait and Factor Theories
85
10
Traits Versus Situations
95
4
Needs and Motives
99
3
Summary
102
1
Key Concepts
103
1
Questions and Activities
104
1
Suggested Readings
105
2
Psychoanalytic Theories I: Freud and Jung
107
26
The Beginnings of Psychoanalysis
108
6
Expansion and Development of Psychoanalysis
114
8
Research and Evaluation
122
1
Carl Jung and Analytic Psychology
123
4
Summary
127
2
Key Concepts
129
1
Questions and Activities
130
1
Suggested Readings
131
2
Psychoanalytic Theories II: Adler and The Post-Freudians
133
24
Adler and Individual Psychology
133
7
Horney and the Neurotic Personality
140
4
Erikson and Psychosocial Stages
144
5
Fromm and Humanistic Psychoanalysis
149
2
Summary
151
2
Key Concepts
153
1
Questions and Activities
154
2
Suggested Readings
156
1
Phenomenological Theories
157
29
Phenomenology
158
1
Abraham Maslow;s Needs Theory
159
6
Carl Rogers and Self Theory
165
5
Existentialism and Rollo May
170
5
George Kelly and Constructive Alternativism
175
6
Summary
181
1
Key Concepts
182
1
Questions and Activities
183
2
Suggested Readings
185
1
Behavioral and Social Learning Theories
186
33
Watson and Pavlov
187
2
Skinner and Radical Behaviorism
189
3
Drive Theory
192
5
Rotter's Social Learning Theory
197
6
Bandura's Cognitive Social Learning Theory
203
5
Mischel's Person/Situation Theory
208
2
Evaluating Theories of Personality
210
1
Summary
211
2
Key Concepts
213
1
Questions and Activities
213
1
Suggested Readings
214
5
Part III. Biological and Sociocultural Influences
Biological Foundations of Personality
219
29
Research Methods in Behavioral Genetics
220
7
Heritability of Cognitive Abilities
227
2
Heritability of Personality
229
5
Heritability of Behavior Disorders
234
3
Physiological Correlates of Personality
237
5
Summary
242
1
Key Concepts
243
1
Questions and Activities
244
2
Suggested Readings
246
2
Social Foundations of Personality
248
35
Person/Environment Interactions
249
1
Individual Differences
249
7
Personality Development in Childhood
256
12
Social and Personality Development in Adolescence and Adulthood
268
4
Stability and Change in Personality
272
2
Summary
274
2
Key Concepts
276
1
Questions and Activities
277
2
Suggested Readings
279
4
Part IV. Health and Disorders
Health, Personality, and Behavior
283
31
Psychosomatic Medicine and Health Psychology
284
4
Stress and Health
288
7
The Personality/Health Connection Revisited
295
6
Coping with Stress-related Illness
301
5
Summary
306
2
Key Concepts
308
1
Questions and Activities
309
4
Suggested Readings
313
1
Psychological Problems and Disorders
314
28
Frustration and Conflict
315
1
Definitions, Demographics, and Diagnosis of Mental Disorders
316
5
Disorders in Adults
321
11
Disorders in Children
332
5
Summary
337
1
Key Concepts
338
2
Questions and Activities
340
1
Suggested Readings
341
1
Part V. Applications and Outlook
Applications of Personality Assessment, Theory, and Research
342
31
Cognitive Abilities and Personality
343
3
Interests and Personality
346
3
Employment and Marketing
349
3
Sports and Leisure
352
3
Marriage and Family Life
355
2
Legal Psychology and Politics
357
5
Personality Theory and Research: Present and Future
362
4
Summary
366
1
Key Concepts
367
1
Questions and Activities
368
3
Suggested Readings
371
2
Glossary
373
18
References
391
44
Author Index
435
19
Subject Index
454