Individual differences and personality / Michael C. Ashton.

By:

Ashton, Michael Craig [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier Ltd, c2018Edition: Third editionDescription: xviii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text
still image

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780128098455 (hardback)

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LOC classification:

BF698.4 As3 2018

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Contents:

Basic concepts in psychological measurement -- Personality traits and the inventories that measure them -- Personality structure: Classifying traits -- Developmental change and stability of personality -- Biological bases of personality -- Genetic and environmental influences on personality -- The evolutionary function of personality -- Personality disorders -- Personality and life outcomes -- Mental ability -- Vocational interests -- Religion and politics -- Sexuality -- Conclusions.

Summary: "INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND PERSONALITY HOW DID I COME TO BE WHO I AM? WHY AM I SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT TO MY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES? HOW WILL PERSONALITY IMPACT MY LIFE CHOICES AND SATISFACTION? Individual Differences and Personality, 3e provides a comprehensive overview of research on personality. The book begins with the main approaches to the study of personality, basic principles of personality measurement, the concept of personality traits, and the major dimensions of personality variation. Further chapters review personality change and stability, biological causal mechanisms, genetic and environmental influences, and evolutionary adaptive function. Personality disorders are examined as well as the “life outcome” —such as relationships, work, health, and others—that are predicted by personality characteristics. The book additionally examines important individual differences such as mental abilities, vocational interests, religious beliefs, political attitudes, and sexuality. The third edition is updated with new findings on age-related differences in personality, on sexual orientation and personality, on socially desirable responding in personality assessment, and on the biological and social origins of mental ability differences. Treatments of several topics have been streamlined, including reliability and validity, developmental change, genetic and environmental influences, and the structure of mental abilities."--Back cover

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Reserve Section	Non-fiction	RUS BF698.4 As3 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Room use only	78243		00079189

Revised edition of the author's Individual differences and personality, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic concepts in psychological measurement -- Personality traits and the inventories that measure them -- Personality structure: Classifying traits --
Developmental change and stability of personality -- Biological bases of personality -- Genetic and environmental influences on personality -- The evolutionary function of personality -- Personality disorders -- Personality and life outcomes -- Mental ability -- Vocational interests -- Religion and politics
-- Sexuality -- Conclusions.

"INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND PERSONALITY

HOW DID I COME TO BE WHO I AM?
WHY AM I SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT TO MY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES?
HOW WILL PERSONALITY IMPACT MY LIFE CHOICES AND SATISFACTION?

Individual Differences and Personality, 3e provides a comprehensive overview of research on personality. The book begins with the main approaches to the study of personality, basic principles of personality measurement, the concept of personality traits, and the major dimensions of personality variation. Further chapters review personality change and stability, biological causal mechanisms, genetic and environmental influences, and evolutionary adaptive function. Personality disorders are examined as well as the “life outcome” —such as relationships, work, health, and others—that are predicted by personality characteristics. The book additionally examines important individual differences such as mental abilities, vocational interests, religious beliefs, political attitudes, and sexuality.

The third edition is updated with new findings on age-related differences in personality, on sexual orientation and personality, on socially desirable responding in personality assessment, and on the biological and social origins of mental ability differences. Treatments of several topics have been streamlined, including reliability and validity, developmental change, genetic and environmental influences, and the structure of mental abilities."--Back cover

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