Introduction to Personality and Intelligence
- Nick Haslam - University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Personality
"There is a wonderful balance and clarity in coverage of complex and contentious issues. Throughout, the tone is amiable…the writing engaging and clear."
--Robbie Sutton, University of Kent, U.K.
Nick Haslam's highly-anticipated new text is a thoroughly engaging introduction to the psychology of personality.
Fully tailored to the British Psychological Society's guidelines regarding the teaching of Individual Differences, Introduction to Personality and Intelligence provides the perfect package for any undergraduate Psychology student taking a course in this fascinating subject.
Key Features:
- Coverage of all core topics for a personality course
- A whole section devoted to intelligence
- Includes mental disorders and cognitive approaches
- Focuses on major theoretical issues
- Presents a good range of applied theory chapters
- Packed with pedagogical features including: key concept boxes and a full glossary, illustrative case studies, and annotated further reading
'Research on personality and intelligence spans numerous texts. thanks should be extended to Professor Nick Haslam for providing a succinct introductory book on these two topics and for writing in a style that makes these topics accessible...Overall, the book provides an excellent overview of personality research and a compendious coverage of intelligence'
The Psychologist
'I would highly recommend this text for those new to the field hoping to rapidly gain an overview of the issues and debates around personality and intelligence'
Laura Dean
Psychology: Learning & Teaching
Clear textbook that covers core concepts and approaches to personality and intelligence in a lively and engaging manner.
A well-written text that clearly introduces students to individual differences in personality and intelligence. I will be using this for my teaching.
This is a good all-round text at a reasonable price and I will be recommending it as a core text for the next run of the module 2011-12. It covers the main theoretical perspectives to the study of individual differences, which is the approach I prefer, rather than focusing on characters and is a serious read rather than a glossy first year text. Students purchased this text part way into the course this year when the current text, Essential Personality, by Pennington, became unavailable. It is also a newer text than the Pennington and as Intelligence is explored as a theme in the spring term of the module it will be useful throughout the year's course. Nick Haslam is an accessible writer and I like the structure of the chapters with the use of summaries. I like the early emphasis on trait theory as the course here includes the application of psychometrics and this text gives a good grounding in the area. The research illustrations encourage blending theory with applications; I would have liked a little more on behaviourist, humanistic and social cognitive theories of personality but for the price this is a thought-provoking overview which encourages critical thinking.
