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Personality, individual differences, and intelligence / John Maltby, Liz Day, Ann Macaskill.

By: Maltby, John, 1969-Contributor(s): Day, Liz | Macaskill, AnnMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Pearson, [2017]Edition: 4th editionDescription: xxvi, 668, G1-18, R1-37 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cmISBN: 9781292090511 (pbk.)Subject(s): Personality | Personality and intelligence | Individual differencesDDC classification: 155.2 LOC classification: BF698.9.I6 | M35 2017
Contents:
About the authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Personality -- Personality theory in context -- The basis of the psychoanalytic approach to personality -- Developments of freudian theorising -- Learning theory perspectives on personality -- Cognitive personality theories -- Humanistic personality theories -- The trait approach to personality -- Biological basis of personality i: genetic heritability of personality and biological and physiological models of personality -- Biological basis of personality ii: evolutionary psychology and animal studies of personality -- Intelligence -- An introduction to intelligence -- Theories and measurement of intelligence -- The use of intelligence tests : what questions emerge from the measurement of intelligence -- Heritability and socially defined race differences in intelligence -- Intelligence and the self : emotional intelligence, creativity, and sex differences inintelligence -- The application of personality and intelligence in education and the workplace -- Applications in individual differences -- Optimism -- Irrational beliefs -- Embarrassment, shyness and social anxiety -- Interpersonal relationships -- Social attitudes and culture -- Well-being and personality disorders -- Individual differences in health and illness -- An introduction to psychometric testing -- Glossary -- References and further reading -- Index.
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Previous edition: 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About the authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Personality -- Personality theory in context -- The basis of the psychoanalytic approach to personality -- Developments of freudian theorising -- Learning theory perspectives on personality -- Cognitive personality theories -- Humanistic personality theories -- The trait approach to personality -- Biological basis of personality i: genetic heritability of personality and biological and physiological models of personality -- Biological basis of personality ii: evolutionary psychology and animal studies of personality -- Intelligence -- An introduction to intelligence -- Theories and measurement of intelligence --
The use of intelligence tests : what questions emerge from the measurement of intelligence -- Heritability and socially defined race differences in intelligence -- Intelligence and the self : emotional intelligence, creativity, and sex differences inintelligence -- The application of personality and intelligence in education and the workplace -- Applications in individual differences -- Optimism --
Irrational beliefs -- Embarrassment, shyness and social anxiety -- Interpersonal relationships -- Social attitudes and culture -- Well-being and personality disorders -- Individual differences in health and illness -- An introduction to psychometric testing -- Glossary --
References and further reading -- Index.

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