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The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology

The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology

The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology

2nd Edition
Philip J. Corr, City, University London
Gerald Matthews, University of Central Florida
October 2020
Available
Paperback
9781108404457

    Research on personality psychology is making important contributions to psychological science and applied psychology. This second edition of The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology offers a one-stop resource for scientific personality psychology. It summarizes cutting-edge personality research in all its forms, including genetics, psychometrics, social-cognitive psychology, and real-world expressions, with informative and lively chapters that also highlight some areas of controversy. The team of renowned international authors, led by two esteemed editors, ensures a wide range of theoretical perspectives. Each research area is discussed in terms of scientific foundations, main theories and findings, and future directions for research. The handbook also features advances in technology, such as molecular genetics and functional neuroimaging, as well as contemporary statistical approaches. An invaluable aid to understanding the central role played by personality in psychology, it will appeal to students, researchers, and practitioners in psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and the social sciences.

    • Offers lively, engaging chapters written by an international team of leading personality researchers
    • Introduces cutting-edge methodologies, including technological tools such as molecular genetics and neuroimaging, as well as modern psychometric and statistical techniques
    • Balances basic theory with applications to work, education, physical and mental health, criminal justice, and economics

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    ‘The contributing authors move well beyond the dominant paradigm of personality traits- the 'Big Five' (neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and consciousness)- to provide a rich tapestry of theories and findings that will be relevant to many psychologists, including those who may not classify themselves as personality psychologists per se.' C. J. Jones, Choice

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    Product details

    October 2020
    Paperback
    9781108404457
    566 pages
    278 × 216 × 32 mm
    1.41kg
    46 b/w illus. 29 tables
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • General introduction Philip J. Corr and Gerald Matthews
    • Part I. Foundational Issues: History and Approaches to Personality:
    • 1. Conceptual and historical perspectives Susan C. Cloninger
    • 2. The trait approach Alexander Weiss and Ian J. Deary
    • 3. Accuracy in person perception Jeremy Biesanz
    • 4. States and situations, traits and environments Jens B. Asendorpf and John F. Rauthmann
    • 5. Personality and the unconscious Marco Perugini, Juliette Richetin and Giulio Costantini
    • 6. Personality and emotion Rainer Reisenzein, Andrea Hildebrandt and Hannelore Weber
    • Part II. Description and Measurement: How Personality Is Studied:
    • 7. Methods of personality assessment Gregory J. Boyle and Edward Helmes
    • 8. Models of personality structure Boele De Raad and Dick P. H. Barelds
    • 9. The five-factor model of personality Robert R. McCrae
    • 10. Personality and intelligence Julie Aitken Schermer and Donald H. Saklofske
    • Part III. Development, Health and Change: Life Span and Health Outcomes:
    • 11. Temperament and brain networks of personality Mary K. Rothbart, Michael I. Posner and Brad E. Sheese
    • 12. Development of personality across the life span Olivia E. Atherton, M. Brent Donnellan and Richard W. Robins
    • 13. Personality traits and mental disorders Christian Hakulinen, Markus Jokela, Mika Kivimäki and Marko Elovainio
    • 14. Models of physical health and personality Dietlinde Heilmayr and Howard S. Friedman
    • 15. Attachment theory Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver
    • Part IV. Biological Perspectives: Evolution, Genetics and Neuroscience of Personality:
    • 16. Evolutionary personality psychology David M. G. Lewis, Laith Al-Shawaf and David M. Buss
    • 17. Personality in non-human animals Alison M. Bell and Miles K. Bensky
    • 18. Genetics of personality Hannah Sallis, George Davey Smith and Marcus R. Munafò
    • 19. Approach-avoidance theories of personality Philip J. Corr and Dino Krupić
    • 20. Personality neuroscience Colin G. DeYoung and Scott D. Blain
    • Part V. Cognitive and Motivational Perspectives: Dynamic Processes of Personality:
    • 21. Cognitive processes and models Gerald Matthews
    • 22. Self-regulation and control in personality functioning Charles S. Carver and Michael F. Scheier
    • 23. Basic needs, goals and motivation James L. Szalma
    • 24. Personality and the self Michael D. Robinson and Constantine Sedikides
    • 25. Traits and dynamic processes Eranda Jayawickreme and Corinne E. Zachry
    • 26. Anxiety, depression and cognitive dysfunction Michael W. Eysenck and Amanda Holmes
    • Part VI. Social and Cultural Processes: Personality at the Intersection of Society:
    • 27. Narrative identity in the social world Kate C. McLean, Moin Syed, Kristen Haraldsson and Lexi Lowe
    • 28. Social relations and social support Erin Q. Austin, Jennifer M. Knack, Lauri A. Jensen-Campbell and Madeline Rex-Lear
    • 29. Personality in cross-cultural perspective Juris G. Draguns and Junko Tanaka-Matsumi
    • 30. Personality and politics Gian Vittorio Caprara and Michele Vecchione
    • Part VII. Applications of Personality Psychology: Personality Traits and Processes in Action:
    • 31. Personality at work Jesús F. Salgado, Neil Anderson and Silvia Moscoso
    • 32. Educational psychology Adar Ben-Eliyahu and Moshe Zeidner
    • 33. Personality in clinical psychology Thomas A. Widiger and Gillian A. McCabe
    • 34. Personality and crime Donald R. Lynam, Colin E. Vize and Joshua D. Miller
    • 35. Personality, preferences and socioeconomic behavior Eamonn Ferguson, Kun Zhao and Luke D. Smillie
    • Appendix. Statistical analyses and computer programming in personality William Revelle, Lorien G. Elleman and Andrew N. Hall.
      Contributors
    • Philip J. Corr, Gerald Matthews, Susan C. Cloninger, Alexander Weiss, Ian J. Deary, Jeremy Biesanz, Jens B. Asendorpf, John F. Rauthmann, Marco Perugini, Juliette Richetin, Giulio Costantini, Rainer Reisenzein, Andrea Hildebrandt, Hannelore Weber, Gregory J. Boyle, Edward Helmes, Boele De Raad, Dick P. H. Barelds, Robert R. McCrae, Julie Aitken Schermer, Donald H. Saklofske, Mary K. Rothbart, Michael I. Posner, Brad E. Sheese, Olivia E. Atherton, M. Brent Donnellan, Richard W. Robins, Christian Hakulinen, Markus Jokela, Mika Kivimäki, Marko Elovainio, Dietlinde Heilmayr, Howard S. Friedman, Mario Mikulincer, Phillip R. Shaver, David M. G. Lewis, Laith Al-Shawaf, David M. Buss, Alison M. Bell, Miles K. Bensky, Hannah Sallis, George Davey Smith, Marcus R. Munafò, Philip J. Corr, Dino Krupić, Colin G. DeYoung, Scott D. Blain, Gerald Matthews, Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier, James L. Szalma, Michael D. Robinson, Constantine Sedikides, Eranda Jayawickreme, Corinne E. Zachry, Michael W. Eysenck, Amanda Holmes, Kate C. McLean, Moin Syed, Kristen Haraldsson, Lexi Lowe, Erin Q. Austin, Jennifer M. Knack, Lauri A. Jensen-Campbell, Madeline Rex-Lear, Juris G. Draguns, Junko Tanaka-Matsumi, Gian Vittorio Caprara, Michele Vecchione, Jesús F. Salgado, Neil Anderson, Silvia Moscoso, Adar Ben-Eliyahu, Moshe Zeidner, Thomas A. Widiger, Gillian A. McCabe, Donald R. Lynam, Colin E. Vize, Joshua D. Miller, Eamonn Ferguson, Kun Zhao, Luke D. Smillie, William Revelle, Lorien G. Elleman, Andrew N. Hall

    • Editors
    • Philip J. Corr , City, University London

      Philip J. Corr is Professor of Psychology at City, University of London. He is the co-founding joint president of the British Society for the Psychology of Individual Differences, the founding editor-in-chief of Personality Neuroscience, and an associate editor for Personality and Individual Differences.

    • Gerald Matthews , University of Central Florida

      Gerald Matthews is Research Professor in the Institute for Simulation and Training at the University of Central Florida. He is a past president of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences and an associate editor for Personality and Individual Differences.