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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.
List of contents
Preface to Third Edition xiii
Preface to Second Edition xiv
Preface to First Edition xv
Acknowledgments xvii
About the Author xviii
Chapter 1 Introducing Individual Differences - From Everyday to Psychological Questions 1
1.1 Introduction 2
1.2 Personality: A Commonsense Idea 3
1.3 Describing Individuals 5
1.4 Abnormality 7
1.5 Intelligence, Competition, and Adaptation 8
1.6 Predicting Success 10
1.7 Born Different? 12
1.8 Other Abilities 15
1.9 Variability and Change: Motivation and Mood States 16
1.10 Creativity 18
1.11 Leading the Way 20
1.12 Interests 21
Chapter 2 Personality, Part I 23
2.1 Introduction 24
2.2 Overview and Approaches 25
2.3 Definition of Personality Traits 27
2.4 History of Personality 29
2.5 Personality Traits and States: Dispositional vs. Situational Approaches 34
2.6 Eysenck's Gigantic Three and the Biological Basis of Personality Traits 38
2.7 Self-Report Inventories 41
2.8 The Biological Basis of Personality 45
2.9 Gray's Personality Theory 48
2.10 Cattell's 16Pf and The Lexical Hypothesis 50
2.11 The Five Factor Model (Big Five) 53
2.12 Summary and Conclusions 58
Chapter 3 Personality, Part II - Validating Personality Traits 61
3.1 Introduction 62
3.2 Testing Personality Theories 63
3.3 Personality and Social Behavior 72
3.4 Personality and Romantic Relationships 75
3.5 Personality and Performance 79
3.6 Personality and Health 86
3.7 Personality and Happiness 89
3.8 The Dark Side of Personality 90
3.9 Current Developments Outside The Dispositional Paradigm 93
3.10 Summary and Conclusions 106
Chapter 4 Psychopathology 109
4.1 Introduction 110
4.2 Defining Abnormality 111
4.3 Historical Roots of Psychopathology 113
4.4 Modern Approaches to Psychopathology 115
4.5 Integrative Approaches to Psychopathology: The Biopsychosocial Model 122
4.6 Diagnosis: Classifying Psychological Disorders 124
4.7 Major Psychological Disorders 126
4.8 Criticisms of The Diagnostic Approach 138
4.9 Dimensional View of Psychopathology and Personality Disorders 139
4.10 Summary and Conclusions 142
Chapter 5 Intelligence, Part I 145
5.1 Introduction 146
5.2 Defining Intelligence 147
5.3 History of Intelligence Testing 150
5.4 Cattell's Theory of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence 164
5.5 Genetic vs. Environmental Causes of Intelligence 166
5.6 Piaget and The Developmental Theory of Cognitive Ability 168
5.7 The Great Debate: gvs. Multiple Abilities 170
5.8 Summary and Conclusions 173
Chapter 6 Intelligence, Part II - Validating Intelligence and Correlates of Iq (Causes and Consequences) 175
6.1 Introduction 176
6.2 Wechsler's IQ Scale 176
6.3 Intelligence at School and University: Educational Outcomes 179
6.4 In The Job: Occupational Outcomes of Intelligence 182
6.5 Intelligence, Longevity, and Health 185
6.6 Intelligence and Social Class 189
6.7 Race and Sex Differences in IQ: Facts, Controversies, and Implications 193
6.8 Sex Differences in IQ 195
6.9 Even More Basic: Decomposing Intelligence 200
6.10 Summary and Conclusions 203
Chapter 7 Behavioral Genetics 205
7.1 Introduction 206
7.2 Early Foundations of Behavioral Genetics 207
7.3 Dna: Some Background 208
7.4 The Power of Genes: Recent Evidence for the Heritability of Intelligence 211
7.5 Intelligence and Assortative Mating 213
7.6 The Importance of the Environment 214
7.7 Biological Effects on Intelligence: Why Do They Increase Across the Lifespan? 216
7.8 Genetic Causes of Personality Traits 221
7.9 Genetic Basis of Maladaptive Behaviors 225
7.10 Personality and Intelligence: Interplay Between Environment and Genes? 227
7.11 Implications for Upbringing and Education 228
7.12 Contradicting Genetics: The Flynn Effect 229
7.13 Evolutionary Psychology 234
7.14 Summary and Conclusions 237
Chapter 8 Beyond Iq - Theor
About the author
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is a Reader in Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, and visiting professor at NYU in London.
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.
