Earlier edition published in 2007 as: Introduction to personality and intelligence.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-361) and index.

SECTION 1 DESCRIBING PERSONALITY1. What is Personality?2. Trait Psychology3. Personality Processes SECTION 2 EXPLAINING PERSONALITY4. Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality5. Biological Approaches I: Evolution and Genetics6. Biological Approaches II: Brain Structure and Function7. Cognitive Approaches to Personality SECTION 3 APPLYING PERSONALITY8. Personality Change and Development9. The Assessment of Personality10. Personality and Mental Disorder11. Psychobiography and Life Narratives SECTION 4 INTELLIGENCE12. Intelligence and Cognitive Abilities13. Intelligence in Everyday Life14. Emotional Intelligence

Machine generated contents note: SECTION 1 DESCRIBING PERSONALITY -- 1.What is Personality? -- The concept of personality -- `Personality' in psychology -- Related concepts -- Putting it together -- Personality psychology's place in psychology -- Overview of the book -- 2.Trait Psychology -- What is a trait? -- Defining the trait universe: Part 1 -- A statistical digression -- Defining the trait universe: Part 2 -- Alternatives to the Big Five -- Three factors or five? -- How do models of basic traits advance the field? -- Specific traits -- Challenges to trait psychology -- Do traits exist and do they matter? -- Are trait dimensions culturally universal? -- Traits or types? -- Do traits explain behaviour? -- Conclusions -- 3.Personality Processes -- Looking inside the Big Five -- Personality and affect -- Personality and behaviour -- Personality and cognition -- Perceiving personality processes -- Regularities in behaviour and experience Note continued: Are traits sufficient for describing personality? -- SECTION 2 EXPLAINING PERSONALITY -- 4.Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality -- Biographical details -- Elements of psychoanalytic theory -- Post-Freudian developments -- Critiques of psychoanalysis -- 5.Biological Approaches Part 1: Evolution and Genetics -- Evolution by Natural Selection -- Evolutionary accounts of personality -- Genetics -- Behavioural genetics -- The heritability of personality -- The role of the environment -- Molecular genetics -- Conclusions -- 6.Biological Approaches Part 2: Brain Structure and Function -- The Four Humours -- Pavlov's typology -- Eysenck's General Arousal Theory -- Gray's Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory -- Neurotransmitter theories -- Recent trends in personality neuroscience -- 7.Cognitive Approaches to Personality -- Behaviourism -- Humanistic theories -- Social learning theories -- Construing: Personal constructs -- Explaining: Attributional style Note continued: Coping: Coping strategies -- Representing the self: Self-esteem and self-complexity -- Conclusions -- SECTION 3 APPLYING PERSONALITY -- 8.Personality Change and Development -- The stability of personality -- Sources of stability -- Personality change -- Temperament and personality -- Personality development -- Conclusions: Why do personality, stability and change matter? -- 9.The Assessment of Personality -- Measuring personality -- Interview methods -- Personality inventories -- Projective methods -- Alternative methods -- Making use of personality assessments -- Conclusions -- 10.Personality and Mental Disorder -- Vulnerability to mental disorders -- Personality disorders -- Multiple personality -- Conclusions -- 11.Psychobiography and Life Narratives -- Psychobiography -- Weaknesses of psychobiography -- Improving psychobiographies -- Life narratives -- Making sense of self-narratives -- Final notes on self-narratives -- Conclusions Note continued: SECTION 4 INTELLIGENCE -- 12.Intelligence and Cognitive Abilities -- Binet and the origins of intelligence testing -- Mental age -- The concept of `IQ' -- The WAIS-IV: An example of a modern IQ test -- The structure of ability -- Cognition and biology -- Genetic effects on intelligence -- Environmental effects on intelligence -- Stability of IQ -- Group differences in intelligence -- Conclusions -- 13.Intelligence in Everyday Life -- Intelligence tests: Their use and predictive validity -- Domains of life -- Other correlates of intelligence -- Conclusions -- 14.Emotional Intelligence -- The concept of emotional intelligence -- Utility of emotional intelligence -- Measuring emotional intelligence -- Group differences in emotional intelligence -- Development and training in emotional intelligence -- Cautionary note -- Conclusions.

The Second Edition of this popular textbook continues its reputation for clarity, accessibility, conceptual sophistication and adds new content on intelligence, personality disorders and biological and genetic theories.

The second edition of this popular textbook builds on the strengths of the first, continuing its reputation for clarity, accessibility, conceptual sophistication and panoramic coverage of personality and intelligence. The authorship team is enriched by the addition of two high-profile international scholars, Luke Smillie and John Song, whose expertise broadens and deepens the text. New to this edition: Chapters exploring the neurobiological, genetic and evolutionary foundations of personality; and emotion, motivation and personality processes. An enhanced coverage of personality disorders. A thoroughly revised and extended section on intelligence which now addresses cognitive abilities and their biological bases; the role of intelligence in everyday life; and emotional intelligence.

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