Personality, Individual Differences & Intelligence, 3rd edition
By John Maltby, et al
October 2013
Pearson Education
Distributed by Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780273751168
725 pages, Illustrated
$92.50 Paper original
The third edition of the market-leading Personality, Individual Differences and Intelligence continues to offer an involving and comprehensive introduction to this captivating field. The new edition of this popular text guides you through the subject from the foundations to more advanced material, constantly building on previously acquired knowledge to help you achieve a critical understanding of the major theories, methods, findings and debates.
Contents:
Part 1 Personality
1. Personality Theory in Context
2. The Basis of the Psychoanalytic Approach to Personality
3. Developments of Freudian Theorising
4. Learning Theory Perspectives on Personality
5. Cognitive Personality Theories
6. Humanistic Personality Theories
7. The Trait Approach to Personality
8. Biological Basis of Personality I: Genetic Heritability of Personality
and Biological and Physiological Models of Personality
9. Biological Basis of Personality II: Evolutionary Psychology and
Animal Studies of Personality
10. Further ideas and debates in Personality: Personality and Culture
Part 2 Intelligence
11. An Introduction to Intelligence
12.. Theories and Measurement of Intelligence
13. The Use of Intelligence Tests: What Questions Emerge from
the Measurement of Intelligence?
14. Heritability and Socially Defined Race Differences in Intelligence
15. Further Discussions and Debates in Intelligence: Sex Differences
in Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence
16. The Application of Personality and Intelligence in Education and
the Workplace: The Introduction of Other Intelligences
Part 3 Further Debates and Applications in Individual Differences
17. Further Debates and Applications in Individual Differences: An Introduction
18. Optimism
19. Irrational Beliefs
20. Embarrassment, Shyness and Social Anxiety
21. Interpersonal Relationships
22. Social Attitudes
23. Well-being and Personality Disorders
24. Individual Differences in Health and Illness
25. An Introduction to Psychometric Testing
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Glossary
References
Index
THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL MATERIAL CAN
BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE (www.pearsoned.co.uk/maltby)
26. Academic Argument and Thinking
27. Statistical Terms
28. Research Ethics
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