An Introduction to Personality, Individual Differences and Intelligence
eBook - ePub

An Introduction to Personality, Individual Differences and Intelligence

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

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

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Publisher Note
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Discover Your Textbook’s Online Resources!
  8. About the Authors
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Introductory Remarks: The Psychology of Individual Differences
  11. Section 1 Describing Personality
  12. 1 What Is Personality?
  13. 2 Trait Psychology
  14. 3 Personality Processes
  15. Section 2 Explaining Personality
  16. 4 Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality
  17. 5 Biological Approaches Part 1: Evolution and Genetics
  18. 6 Biological Approaches Part 2: Brain Structure and Function
  19. 7 Cognitive Approaches to Personality and Their Precursors
  20. Section 3 Applying Personality
  21. 8 Personality Change and Development
  22. 9 The Assessment of Personality
  23. 10 Personality and Mental Disorder
  24. 11 Psychobiography and Life Narratives
  25. Section 4 Intelligence
  26. 12 Intelligence and Cognitive Abilities
  27. 13 Intelligence in Everyday Life
  28. 14 Emotional Intelligence
  29. Glossary
  30. References
  31. Index