Experiences in Personality Research, Assessment, and Change

by Merrens, Matthew R.; Brannigan, Gary G.

• ISBN13: 9780471139379
• ISBN10: 0471139378
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-09-17
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This book covering all the standard topics in personality offers readings and active learning exercises. It gives readers the opportunity to become closely involved with the dynamic research and applied issues in the psychology of personality.

Author Biography

Matthew R. Merrens and Gary G. Brannigan are the authors of Experiences in Personality: Research, Assessment, and Change, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	iv
CHAPTER 1: STUDYING PERSONALITY	2	(30)
INTRODUCTION	2	(1)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 1.1: The Power of Folk Wisdom	3	(2)
READING: You Know What They Say	5	(3)
Alfie Kohn
READING: Fortune-Tellers Never Starve	8	(5)
William Lindsay Gresham
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 1.2: Personality Interpretation of a College Student	13	(2)
SPOTLIGHT: The Barnum Effect	15	(2)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 1.3: The Barnum Effect	17	(6)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 1.4: A Personal Personality Theory	23	(4)
SPOTLIGHT: Personality Assessment	27	(2)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 1.5: Self-Ratings	29	(3)
CHAPTER 2: CLASSICAL PSYCHOANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE	32	(26)
INTRODUCTION	32	(1)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 2.1: Beliefs about Freudian Principles:	33	(3)
READING: The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis	36	(4)
Sigmund Freud
SPOTLIGHT: Coping with Disaster	40	(1)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 2.2: Assessment of Defenses	41	(5)
SPOTLIGHT: Humor	46	(1)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 2.3: Dream Analysis	47	(2)
READING: What I Meant To Say	49	(4)
Michael T. Motley
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 2.4: Personality Assessment	53	(5)
CHAPTER 3: NEO-FREUDIAN AND CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES	58	(30)
INTRODUCTION	58	(1)
READING: Frankenstein: An Adlerian Odyssey	59	(6)
R. John Huber
Joan Widdifield
Charles L. Johnson
SPOTLIGHT: Moving Against	65	(2)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 3.1: Birth Order	67	(4)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 3.2: Early Recollections	71	(4)
SPOTLIGHT: Jungian Typology	75	(2)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 3.3: Identity	77	(2)
SPOTLIGHT: Intimacy versus Isolation	79	(1)
READING: The Evolutionary Functions of Repression and the Ego Defenses	80	(8)
Randolph M. Nesse
CHAPTER 4: TRAIT, MOTIVE, AND NEED PERSPECTIVES	88	(30)
INTRODUCTION	88	(1)
READING: Validation of the Five-Factor Model of Personality across Instruments and Observers	89	(6)
Robert R. McCrae
Paul T. Costa, Jr.
SPOTLIGHT: Neuroticism	95	(1)
READING: Hotheads and Heart Attacks	96	(4)
Edward Dolnick
SPOTLIGHT: Men, Women, and Anger	100	(1)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 4.1: Hostility	101	(2)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 4.2: Personal Beliefs and Attitudes	103	(2)
READING: What Some People Won't Do for Approval	105	(3)
Gary G. Brannigan
Stanley W. Johnson
SPOTLIGHT: The Leadership Motive	108	(1)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 4.3: Self-Monitoring and Dating Relationships	109	(9)
CHAPTER 5: GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES	118	(26)
INTRODUCTION	118	(1)
READING: My Genes Made Me Do It!	119	(8)
Stanton Peele
Richard DeGranpre
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 5.1: Sensation-Seeking Scale	127	(1)
READING: The Search for High Sensation	128	(5)
Marvin Zuckerman
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 5.2: Evolutionary Perspectives Questionnaire	133	(2)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 5.3: Evolutionary Perspectives on Choosing a Mate	135	(2)
READING: The Strategies of Human Mating	137	(7)
David M. Buss
CHAPTER 6: BEHAVIORAL PERSPECTIVES	144	(28)
INTRODUCTION	144	(1)
READING Conditioned Emotional Reactions	145	(4)
John B. Watson
Rosalie Rayner
READING: The Watson of Oz	149	(2)
Matthew R. Merrens
Charles R. Potkay
SPOTLIGHT: Behaviorism	151	(1)
READING: The Town B.F. Skinner Boxed	152	(5)
Steve Fishman
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 6.1: Observing and Recording a Personal Behavior	157	(4)
READING: Imitation of Film-Mediated Aggressive Models	161	(4)
Albert Bandura
Dorothea Ross
Sheila Ross
SPOTLIGHT: On Screen, In Life	165	(2)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 6.2: Assertiveness	167	(5)
CHAPTER 7: HUMANISTIC PERSPECTIVE	172	(34)
INTRODUCTION	172	(1)
READING: Humanistic Theory: The Third Revolution in Psychology	173	(6)
Floyd W. Matson
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 7.1: Q-Sort	179	(8)
SPOTLIGHT: Self-Ideal Congruence	187	(2)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 7.2: Self-Actualization	189	(2)
SPOTLIGHT: Self-disclosure	191	(2)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 7.3: Peak Experience	193	(3)
SPOTLIGHT: Whatever Turns You On	196	(1)
READING: The Meaning of Personal Growth	197	(9)
Abe Arkoff
CHAPTER 8: COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVES	206	(18)
INTRODUCTION	206	(1)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 8.1: Life Orientation Test	207	(2)
READING: On the Power of Positive Thinking: The Benefits of Being Optimistic	209	(4)
Michael F. Scheier
Charles S. Carver
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 8.2: Internal-External Locus of Control	213	(2)
READING: External Control and Internal Control	215	(4)
Julian B. Rotter
SPOTLIGHT: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy	219	(2)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE 8.3: Rational-Emotive Therapy	221	(3)
EPILOGUE	224	(1)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE E.1: A Personal Personality Theory	225	(6)
ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE E.2: Self-Ratings	231