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9781405199278

Personality and Individual Differences, 2nd Edition

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    9781405199278

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    140519927X

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-05-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Personality and Individual Differences is a state-of-the-art undergraduate textbook that covers the salient and recent literature on personality, intellectual ability, motivation, and other individual differences such as creativity, emotional intelligence, leadership, and vocational interests. #xA0; #xA0; As well as introducing all topics relating to individual differences this book examines and discusses many important underlying issues, such as the psychometric approach to latent variables, validity, reliability, and correlations between constructs. An essential textbook for first-time as well as more advanced students of the discipline, Personality and Individual Differences provides grounding in all the major aspects of differential psychology. #xA0; Accompanying website featuring instructor material, further web resources and electronic versions of chapters Covers BPS syllabus for differential psychology Written by a rising star in the field of individual differences New full colour page design More real-life (and informal) examples 20% more figures and tables to use as study-tools and summaries Expanded sections on validity, #xA0;temperament,#xA0; creativity and hot intelligence New material on protective and non-psychometric tests

Author Biography

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is a Reader in Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, and visiting professor at NYU in London.

Table of Contents

Preface to Second Editionp. xiii
Preface to First Editionp. xiv
Acknowledgmentsp. xv
About the Authorp. xvi
Introducing Individual Differences - From Everyday to Psychological Questionsp. 1
Introductionp. 2
Personality: A Commonsense Ideap. 4
Describing Individualsp. 5
Abnormalityp. 8
Intelligence, Competition, and Adaptationp. 9
Predicting Successp. 11
Born Different?p. 12
Other Abilitiesp. 16
Variability and Change: Motivation and Mood Statesp. 18
Creativityp. 20
Leading the Wayp. 22
Interestsp. 24
Personality, Part Ip. 25
Introductionp. 26
Overview and Approachesp. 27
Definition of Personality Traitsp. 28
History of Personalityp. 30
Personality Traits and States: Dispositional vs. Situational Approachesp. 36
Eysenck's Gigantic Three and the Biological Basis of Personality Traitsp. 40
Self-Report Inventoriesp. 43
The Biological Basis of Personalityp. 46
Gray's Personality Theoryp. 48
Cattell's 16PF and the Lexical Hypothesisp. 50
The Five Factor Model (Big Five)p. 53
Summary and Conclusionsp. 61
Personality, Part II - Validating Personality Traitsp. 63
Introductionp. 64
Testing Personality Theoriesp. 64
Personality and Social Behaviorp. 74
Personality and Romantic Relationshipsp. 76
Personality and Performancep. 79
Personality and Healthp. 84
Personality and Happinessp. 88
Current Developments Outside the Dispositional Paradigmp. 90
Summary and Conclusionsp. 101
Psychopathologyp. 103
Introductionp. 104
Defining Abnormalityp. 105
Historical Roots of Psychopathologyp. 108
Modern Approaches to Psychopathologyp. 110
Integrative Approaches to Psychopathology: The Biopsychosocial Modelp. 115
Diagnosis: Classifying Psychological Disordersp. 116
Major Psychological Disordersp. 118
Criticisms of the Diagnostic Approachp. 129
Dimensional View of Psychopathology and Personality Disordersp. 130
Summary and Conclusionsp. 132
Intelligence, Part Ip. 135
Introductionp. 136
Defining Intelligencep. 137
History of Intelligence Testingp. 140
Cattell's Theory of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligencep. 154
Genetic vs. Environmental Causes of Intelligencep. 156
Piaget and the Developmental Theory of Cognitive Abilityp. 158
The Great Debate: g vs. Multiple Abilitiesp. 160
Summary and Conclusionsp. 163
Intelligence, Part II - Validating Intelligence and Correlates of IQ (Causes and Consequences)p. 165
Introductionp. 166
Wechsler's IQ Scalep. 166
Intelligence at School and University: Educational Outcomesp. 169
In the Job: Occupational Outcomes of Intelligencep. 172
Intelligence, Longevity, and Healthp. 175
Intelligence and Social Classp. 179
Race and Sex Differences in IQ: Facts, Controversies, and Implicationsp. 183
Sex Differences in IQp. 185
Even More Basic: Decomposing Intelligencep. 191
Summary and Conclusionsp. 194
Behavioral Geneticsp. 197
Introductionp. 198
Early Foundations of Behavioral Geneticsp. 199
DNA: Some Backgroundp. 202
The Power of Genes: Recent Evidence for the Heritability of Intelligencep. 205
Intelligence and Assortative Matingp. 206
The Importance of the Environmentp. 208
Biological Effects on Intelligence: Why Do they Increase Across the Lifespan?p. 209
Genetic Causes of Personality Traitsp. 213
Genetic Basis of Maladaptive Behaviorsp. 217
Personality and Intelligence: Interplay Between Environment and Genes?p. 218
Implications for Upbringing and Educationp. 220
Contradicting Genetics: The Flynn Effectp. 221
Summary and Conclusionsp. 225
Beyond IQ - Theories of Hot Intelligencep. 227
Introductionp. 228
Streetwise Rather than Book Smartp. 229
Early Beginnings: Thorndike's Social Intelligencep. 232
Theoretical Importance of Social Intelligencep. 237
Early Problemsp. 238
Recent Approaches: From Multidimensionality to Implicit Theoriesp. 242
Emotional Intelligencep. 243
Debate and Controversy Surrounding Emotional Intelligencep. 247
Origins and Measurement Problems of EQp. 248
Trait Emotional Intelligence: Emotional Self-Efficacyp. 249
Practical Intelligencep. 253
Summary and Conclusionsp. 254
Mood and Motivationp. 257
Introductionp. 258
Beyond or Underneath Traitsp. 259
Defining Motivationp. 261
From Biological Reflexes to Psychological Self-Realizationp. 266
Mood Statesp. 1
Structure of Moodp. 283
Situational Determinants of Moodp. 285
Dispositional Influences on Mood Statesp. 285
Integrative and Recent Approaches to Mood Statesp. 286
Summary and Conclusionsp. 288
Creativityp. 291
Introduction .p. 292
Definitions and Conceptualizations of Creativityp. 294
Creativity Across Different Psychological Paradigmsp. 297
Differential Approaches to Creativityp. 301
Creativity and Intelligencep. 303
Creativity and Personality Traitsp. 311
Testing Creativityp. 320
Creativity in Different Fields (From Arts to Science)p. 322
Summary and Conclusionsp. 323
Leadershipp. 325
Introductionp. 326
Approaches to Leadershipp. 328
Behavioral Approaches: Leadership Stylesp. 345
Leadership and Genderp. 355
Summary and Conclusionsp. 357
Vocational Interestsp. 359
Introductionp. 360
Approaches to Vocational Interestsp. 361
Linking Theory and Practicep. 363
Stability of Interests: Evidence for Dispositional Naturep. 364
Gender Differences in Vocational Interestsp. 366
Person-environment Fitp. 371
Holland's RIASEC Typologyp. 371
Prediger's Three-Factor Modelp. 376
Holland and the Big Fivep. 377
Circumscription and Compromise: Gottfredson's Theoryp. 378
Trait Complexes and Interestsp. 379
Summary and Conclusionsp. 381
Glossaryp. 383
Referencesp. 391
Indexp. 431
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