Current controversies and issues in personality
by
 
Pervin, Lawrence A.

Title
Current controversies and issues in personality

Author
Pervin, Lawrence A.

ISBN
9780471415633

Personal Author
Pervin, Lawrence A.

Edition
3rd ed.

Publication Information
New York : J. Wiley & sons, c2002.

Physical Description
viii, 328 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents
Ch. 1. The Enterprise of Personality Research: How Should It Be Conducted? -- Ch. 2. What Units Shall We Use? Traits, Motives, And Cognitions -- Ch. 3. Am I Me Or Am I The Situation? Where We Stand In Relation To The Person-Situation Controversy -- Ch. 4. Is The Child Father To The Man? The Longitudinal Consistency Of Personality -- Ch. 5. The Nature-Nurture Controversy: Genes, Environments, And Gene-Environment Interactions -- Ch. 6. The Nature Of Human Nature: Culture And The Search For Universals -- Ch. 7. Is The Concept Of The Self Useful And Necessary? -- Ch. 8. The Unconscious: What Is It? How Important? -- Ch. 9. Why Do And Don't People Change? -- Ch. 10. Mind, Brain, And Behavior: Psychology, Biology, And The Question Of Reductionism -- Ch. 11. The Nature Of The Scientific Enterprise: Personal, Sociopolitical, And Ethical Features.

Subject Term
Personality.
 
Personality -- Research.

Electronic Access
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/wiley021/2001046919.html


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