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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gerald Matthews; Ian J Deary; Martha C Whiteman |
| ISBN: | 0521831075 9780521831079 0521538246 9780521538244 |
| OCLC Number: | 51937021 |
| Description: | xxiv, 493 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | PART I: THE NATURE OF PERSONALITY TRAITS: The trait concept and personality theory -- Persons, situations, and interactionism -- Personality across the life span -- Stable traits and transient states -- Alternatives to the trait theory -- PART II: CAUSES OF PERSONALITY TRAITS: Genes, environments and personality traits -- The psychophysiology of traits -- The social psychology of traits -- PART III: CONSEQUENCES AND APPLICATIONS: Stress -- Traits and health -- Abnormal personality traits? -- Personality, performance and information processing -- Applications of personality assessment -- Conclusions. |
| Responsibility: | Gerald Matthews, Ian J. Deary, Martha C. Whiteman. |
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"Matthews and Deary have written a timely update on the state of personality psychology. The literature review is impressive and moves beyond the typical 'Who's Who' of personality theorists that characterizes most texts...Highly recommended." Choice Read more...
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