Psychology of Personality

A Message to Students (and Instructors, Too): A Personalized Preface xxiii

Acknowledgments: Some Words of Thanks xxix

Part I The Scope and Methods of Personality: An Introduction to the Psychology of Personality 1

1 The Psychology of Personality: An Overview 3

2 Personality Assessment: An Introduction to the Measurement of Personality 35

Part II The Intrapsychic Viewpoints: The Expression of Personality as Dynamic Processes 71

3 The Psychodynamic Viewpoint: Forging Personality Out of Conflict Resolution 73

4 The Direct Reactions to the Psychodynamic Viewpoint: Classic Responses and Contemporary Considerations 123

5 Extending the Reactions to the Psychodynamic Viewpoint: Contemporary Responses and Considerations 169

Part III The Trait Viewpoints: The Psychological Units and Underlying Structure of Personality 219

6 The Classic Trait Viewpoint: Psychological Dispositions of Personality 221

7 The Elaboration of the Trait Viewpoint: Contemporary Considerations 255

Part IV The Biological Viewpoints: The Biological Processes of Personality 285

8 The Behavioral Genetics Viewpoint: The Basic Biological Unit of Personality 287

9 The Psychophysiological Viewpoint: Neurological and Cortical Considerations in the Study of Personality 309

10 The Evolutionary Viewpoint: Personality as an Adaptive Process 331

Part V The Cognitive/Intrapersonal Viewpoints: Selective Expressions of Personality Processes 367

11 The Social-Cognitive Viewpoint: Cognitive Processes and Personality 369

12 Self-Concept:The Core of Personality 417

13 Gender and Personality: A Special Topic in the Study of the Self-Concept 451

14 Anxiety: An All-Encompassing Intrapersonal Process of Personality 495

References 529

Index 605

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