Ch. 1. What is personality? -- Ch. 2. Research in personality psychology -- Ch. 3. Perspectives on personality -- Ch. 4. Motivation and emotion -- Ch. 5. Interior selves, interior worlds -- Ch. 6. Mental abilities and navigating the world -- Ch. 7. The conscious self -- Ch. 8. How the parts of personality fit together -- Ch. 9. Dynamics of action -- Ch. 10. Dynamics of self-control -- Ch. 11. Personality development in childhood and adolescence -- Ch. 12. Personality development in adulthood.