Textbook

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

ISBN: 978-1-4051-3635-8

Hardcover

736 pages

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Balances theory, research, and the application of personality psychology
Examines important dimensions of personality, such as self-concept, gender identity, gender differences, self monitoring, shyness, and anxiety
Covers recent shifts in the study of personality such as emphasis on cultural aspects of personality and evolutionary psychology, and includes new developments in research
Emphasizes how personality psychology relates to everyday life, and integrates examples that involve family, friends, work and leisure - as well as sociology, biology, criminology, medicine, the military and more
'Closer Look' sections highlight people or topics of interest; 'Applications of Personality Psychology' sections present extended examples of how personality psychology applies to a variety of areas in everyday life; and 'You Can Do It' boxes give students the opportunity to complete a variety of exercises and projects designed to illustrate specific concepts
Reorganized format into thirteen chapters for a better fit for instructors and students; "Mini-lectures" added to the Instructor's Manual