Textbook

The Psychology of Personality: Viewpoints, Research, and Applications, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 978-1-4051-3635-8

Hardcover

736 pages

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Covers cultural and evolutionary theories plus new physiological and neurological contributions to personality psychology
The Cultural Context of Personality Psychology sections encourage students to explore cultural dimensions of personality in various areas, such as “A Global Perspective on Worker Motivation,” “Cultural Diversity and the MMPI Validity Scale,” and “Personality Correlates of Mate Poachers and Their Targets: A Global Perspective”
At the Cutting Edge of Personality Psychology sections feature unique and up-to-date research and applications in the study of personality psychology, such as “Virtual Reality Therapy,” “Searching for Genetic Explanations of Personality,” and “An Evolutionary Analysis of Tactical Fiscal Allocation”
New chapter on “The Evolutionary Viewpoint: Personality as an Adaptive Process” (Chapter 9)
Reorganized format into thirteen chapters for a better fit for instructors and students
Summing It Up tables provide concise and informative summaries of significant concepts
"Mini-lectures" added to the Instructor's Manual