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Introduction to personality, individual differences and intelligence / John Maltby, Liz Day, Ann Macaskill.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: Harlow : Prentice Hall, 2007Description: xxiv, 661 p. 27 cmISBN:
  • 0131297600
  • 9780131297609
Other title:
  • Personality, individual differences and intelligence [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.2 22
Contents:
Personality theory in context -- The basis of the psychoanalytic approach to personality -- Developments of Freudian theorising -- Learning theory perspectives on personality -- Cognitive personality theories -- Humanistic personality theories -- The trait approach to personality -- Biological basis of personality I: Genetic heritability of personality and biological and physiological models of personality -- Biological basis of personality II: Evolutionary psychology and animal studies of personality -- An introduction to intelligence -- Theories and measurement of intelligence -- Intelligence tests: What do scores on intelligence tests reflect? -- Heritability and socially defined race differences in intelligence -- Sex differences in intelligence: Spatial intelligence and emotional intelligence -- The application of personality and intelligence in education and the workplace -- An introduction to applied individual differences --- Optimism -- Irrational beliefs -- Embarrassment, shyness and social anxiety -- Interpersonal relationships -- Social attitudes -- Academic argument and thinking -- Statistical terms -- Psychometric testing -- Research ethics
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Personality theory in context -- The basis of the psychoanalytic approach to personality -- Developments of Freudian theorising -- Learning theory perspectives on personality -- Cognitive personality theories -- Humanistic personality theories -- The trait approach to personality -- Biological basis of personality I: Genetic heritability of personality and biological and physiological models of personality -- Biological basis of personality II: Evolutionary psychology and animal studies of personality -- An introduction to intelligence -- Theories and measurement of intelligence -- Intelligence tests: What do scores on intelligence tests reflect? -- Heritability and socially defined race differences in intelligence -- Sex differences in intelligence: Spatial intelligence and emotional intelligence -- The application of personality and intelligence in education and the workplace -- An introduction to applied individual differences --- Optimism -- Irrational beliefs -- Embarrassment, shyness and social anxiety -- Interpersonal relationships -- Social attitudes -- Academic argument and thinking -- Statistical terms -- Psychometric testing -- Research ethics