Title:
Current controversies and issues in personality
Author:
Pervin, Lawrence A.
ISBN:
9780471415633
Personal Author:
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.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/wiley021/2001046919.html