Personality, Individual Differences and Intelligence, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (May 5, 2023) © 2023

  • John Maltby University of Leicester
  • Liz Day Sheffield Hallam University
  • Ann Macaskill Sheffield Hallam University
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PART 1 Personality and Individual Differences

  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

PART 2 Intelligence

  1. An Introduction to Intelligence
  2. Theories and Measurement of Intelligence
  3. How Intelligence Tests are Used: What Questions Emerge from the Measurement of Intelligence?
  4. Heritability and Socially Defined Group Differences in Intelligence
  5. Intelligence and the Self: Emotional Intelligence, Creativity, and Sex Differences in Intelligence
  6. Personality and Intelligence in Education and Work

PART 3 Applications in Individual Differences

  1. Optimism
  2. Irrational Beliefs
  3. Social Anxiety, Shyness, and Embarrassment
  4. Interpersonal Relationships
  5. Social Attitudes and Culture
  6. Well-being and Personality Disorders
  7. Individual Differences in Health and Illness
  8. An Introduction to Psychometric Testing

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Index

Publisher's Acknowledgement

The following online chapters can be found on the website:

  1. Academic Argument and Thinking
  2. Statistical Terms
  3. Research Ethic

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