
An Introduction to Personality, Individual Differences and Intelligence
- 400 pages
- English
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An Introduction to Personality, Individual Differences and Intelligence
About this book
What does it mean to have a personality? Is emotional intelligence a kind of intelligence?
Learn the answers to these questions, as well as everything you need to know about personality, intelligence, and individual differences in the third edition of this clear and accessible textbook. From natural selection to intelligence tests, and from personality disorders to the concept of IQ, the panoramic coverage of this field makes this textbook essential reading for any psychology student on a personality and individual differences course.
New to this edition:
· Increased coverage of intelligence
· 'Key Theorists' feature
· Discussion questions moved to end-of-chapter to enable in-text assessment
Nick Haslam is Professor of Psychology at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Luke Smillie is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Melbourne and director of the Personality Processes Lab.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Publisher Note
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Discover Your Textbook’s Online Resources!
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgements
- Introductory Remarks: The Psychology of Individual Differences
- Section 1 Describing Personality
- 1 What Is Personality?
- 2 Trait Psychology
- 3 Personality Processes
- Section 2 Explaining Personality
- 4 Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality
- 5 Biological Approaches Part 1: Evolution and Genetics
- 6 Biological Approaches Part 2: Brain Structure and Function
- 7 Cognitive Approaches to Personality and Their Precursors
- Section 3 Applying Personality
- 8 Personality Change and Development
- 9 The Assessment of Personality
- 10 Personality and Mental Disorder
- 11 Psychobiography and Life Narratives
- Section 4 Intelligence
- 12 Intelligence and Cognitive Abilities
- 13 Intelligence in Everyday Life
- 14 Emotional Intelligence
- Glossary
- References
- Index