Units of personality: Trait units of personality -- Cognitive units of personality -- Motivational units of personality -- Personality development: The nature and nurture of personality -- Charting people's lives over time -- Topics in personality research: The unconscious -- The concept of the self -- The path from thinking to action -- Emotion, adaptation, and health -- Maladaptive personality functioning and processes of change -- Personality assessment -- Conclusion: Current issues and the prospects for the science of personality -- References -- Index.