Evolution of Personality Assessment in the 21st Century - Understanding the People Who Understand People

List of contents

1. Understanding People who Understand People 2. The Development of Therapeutic Assessment: From Shame and Isolation to Connection and Love 3. Personality: The Heart of the Matter 4. My Hobby: Listening for the MMPI’s Questions 5. My Journey to the Assessment Land 6. The Sands of Identity Keep Shifting: Late-Life Career Developments 7. Reports of my Being an Extravert Are Greatly Exaggerated 8. Thoughts from a Contrarian Generalist: A Roundabout Journey to Where I am Now 9. An Overdetermined Life in Psychoanalysis 10. Influences and Inspirations 11. It Takes a Village to Raise an MMPI Author 12. A Long Life: Twists and Turns 13. Thomas A. Widiger: Personality Assessment 14. Evolving Convictions through Dogged Pursuit of Answers and Large Dollops of Luck: My Piece in the World of Personality and Psychopathology Assessment 15. My Journey to Become a Clinical Psychologist 16. From Stable Traits to Spinning Vectors: A Measurement Driven Journey 17. A Brief History of "Me" 18. The Numbers and the Story 19. Circle Songs and Sands of Time

About the author

Dr. Christopher J. Hopwood is Professor of Personality Psychology at the University of Zurich. He is a fellow and former board member of the Society for Personality Assessment and Associate Editor of the Journal of Personality Assessment and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Summary

This edited volume provides readers with a deeper knowledge of the growth of personality assessment in North America over the past 40 years through the autobiographies of its most notable figures.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher J. (Department of Psychiatry Hopwood
• Assisted by: Christopher J. Hopwood (Editor), Hopwood Christopher J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2022
• EAN: 9780367477431
• ISBN: 978-0-367-47743-1
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, North America, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Assessment, Testing & Measurement, Clinical psychology, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, North America (USA and Canada)