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Theories of Personality provides a comprehensive foundation on the nature of personality theory, as well as its contributions to science. Coverage of each theory encompasses a biographical sketch of each theorist, related research, and applications to real life. Written by two preeminent psychology professors, Gregory J. Feist, and Tomi-Ann Roberts, this program is engaging and student-friendly introduction to Personality Psychology.
The tenth edition provides new studies and sections on topics such as the importance of the internet and social media to various personality theories, content on real-ideal self-discrepancy as it relates to online gaming, and new information on changes in personality over time. The Connect course for this the tenth edition includes SmartBook, an adaptive reading and study experience which guides students to master, recall, and apply key concepts while providing automatically-graded assessments.
List of contents
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction to Personality Theory
Part II: Psychodynamic Theories
Chapter 2: Freud: Psychoanalysis
Chapter 3: Adler: Individual Psychology
Chapter 4: Jung: Analytical Psychology
Chapter 5: Klein: Object Relations Theory
Chapter 6: Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory
Chapter 7: Erikson: Post-Freudian Theory
Chapter 8: Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis
Part III: Humanistic/Existential Theories
Chapter 9: Maslow: Holistic-Dynamic Theory
Chapter 10: Rogers: Person-Centered Theory
Chapter 11: May: Existential Psychology
Part IV: Dispositional Theories
Chapter 12: Allport: Psychology of the Individual
Chapter 13: McCrae and Costa's Five-Factor Trait Theory
Part V: Biological/Evolutionary Theories
Chapter 14: Eysenck's Biologically Based Factor Theory
Chapter 15: Buss: Evolutionary Theory of Personality
Part VI: Learning-Cognitive Theories
Chapter 16: Skinner: Behavioral Analysis
Chapter 17: Bandura: Social Cognitive Theory
Chapter 18: Rotter and Mischel: Cognitive Social Learning Theory
Chapter 19: Kelly: Psychology of Personal Constructs
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index
About the author
Jess Feist is emeritus professor of Psychology at McNeese State University in Louisiana.
Gregory Feist (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley) is Associate Professor of Psychology in Adult Development at San Jose State University. Dr. Feist is widely published in the psychology of creativity, the psychology of science, and the development of scientific talent. One of his major goals is establishing the psychology of science as a healthy and independent study of science, along the lines of the history, philosophy, and sociology of science. His teaching efforts have been recognized by outstanding teaching awards at both the University of California, Davis and the University of California, Berkeley.
