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Personality Theories
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Personality Theories
A Global View

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Personality
536 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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Personality Theories: A Global View by leading scholar Eric Shiraev takes a dynamic, integrated, and cross-cultural approach to the study of personality. The text is organized around three general questions: Where did personality theories come from? How did the theorists study facts? How do we apply personality theories now? These questions provide a consistent focus on social context, interdisciplinary science, and applications. Going beyond traditional research from the Western tradition, the book also covers theories and studies rooted in the experiences of other countries and cultures. 

 
Chapter 1: Introducing Personality
Identifying personality

 
Approaching Personality

 
Applying Knowledge About Personality

 
 
Chapter 2: Scientific Foundations
Science and the Scientific Method

 
Influences on the Study of Personality

 
How do we Apply Knowledge?

 
 
Chapter 3: Research Methods
Personality Research Methods

 
How Do We Prepare and Conduct Research?

 
Applying Critical Thinking to Research Methods

 
 
Chapter 4: The Psychoanalytic Tradition
The Essence of The Psychoanalytic Tradition

 
Discussing The Psychoanalytic Tradition

 
Applying The Psychoanalytic Tradition

 
 
Chapter 5: The New Wave in the Psychoanalytic Tradition
Psychoanalysis and Society

 
Theoretical Expansions: Ego Psychology

 
Theoretical Expansions: Away From the Libido Concept

 
Psychoanalysis and Social Behavior

 
Contributions of the “New Wave” Psychoanalysts

 
Applying the Psychoanalysis of the “New Wave”

 
 
Chapter 6: The Behavioral-Learning Tradition
The Behavioral-Learning Tradition

 
Understanding Personality by Studying Animal Behavior

 
Studying Reflexes

 
Watson: Studying and Applying Behaviorism

 
Studying Behavior From Different Angles

 
Optimistic Behaviorism of B. F. Skinner

 
Social Learning Theory

 
What Behaviorism Accomplished and What it Missed

 
Applying the Behavioral-Learning Tradition

 
 
Chapter 7: The Trait Tradition
The Trait Approach

 
Trait Theorists and Perspectives

 
The Big Five

 
Humanities and Personality Traits

 
A Cross-Cultural Approach to Personality

 
Applying the Trait Tradition

 
 
Chapter 8: The Cognitive Tradition
The Roots of the Cognitive Tradition: Early Psychology

 
Cognitive Science

 
Psychology and Cognitive Science

 
Studies of Attitudes

 
The Personal Constructs Approach

 
Culture and the Self

 
Literature and the Inner World

 
Applying the Cognitive Tradition

 
 
Chapter 9: The Humanistic Tradition
The Humanistic Tradition: Social Contexts

 
The Essence of Humanistic Tradition

 
Principles of Humanistic Psychology

 
Key Figures and Influences in the Humanistic Tradition

 
Existentialism

 
Abraham Maslow and Humanistic Psychology

 
The Autotelic Personality

 
Humanistic Tradition and Activism

 
Carl Rogers and the Person-Centered Approach

 
Positive Psychology

 
Accomplishments and Limitations of the Humanistic Tradition

 
Applying the Humanistic Tradition

 
 
Chapter 10: The Developmental Domain
The Essence of the Developmental Domain

 
Studying The Developmental Domain

 
Applying the Developmental Domain

 
 
Chapter 11: The Gender Domain
The Essence of the Gender Domain

 
Traditional Views of the Sexes

 
Evolving Views of the Sexes

 
Traditional Views of Gender

 
Evolving Views of Gender

 
Traditional Views of Sexual Orientation

 
Evolving Views of Sexual Orientation

 
Applying the Gender Domain

 
 
Chapter 12: The Clinical Domain
The Essence of the Clinical Domain

 
Diagnosing Personality Disorders

 
Classification and Description of Personality Disorders

 
Cluster: Odd and Eccentric Behavior

 
Cluster: Dramatic, Emotional, or Erratic Behavior

 
Cluster: Anxious and Fearful Behavior

 
Etiology of Personality Disorders

 
Differential Diagnosis and Comorbidity

 
Applying Knowledge to the Clinical Domain

 
 
Chapter 13. Personality: The Adjustment Domain
The Essence of Adjustment and Coping

 
Areas of Change Requiring Coping and Adjustment

 
Types of Coping and Adjustment

 
Identifying “Helpful” Personality Traits

 
Outcomes of Coping and Adjustment

 
Traits That Negatively Affect the Coping Process

 
Identifying Adaptive Coping Strategies

 
Identifying Maladaptive Strategies

 
Applying the Adjustment Domain

 
 
Chapter 14. Personality Theories in the 21st Century
Case 1: “Hacking” Living Cells for a Good Cause

 
Case 2: Understanding Multimorbidity

 
Case 3: Height, Masculinity, and Self-Esteem

 
Case 4: A Personality Profile of the Internet Troll

 
Understanding an Individual’s Personality

 

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Eric B. Shiraev

Eric B. Shiraev is a professor and researcher at George Mason University. He received his PhD in political psychology from St Petersburg University, Russia, and completed a post-doctoral program at University of California, Los Angeles. He has extensive teaching and research experience at a number of distinguished universities both in the United States and abroad. Shiraev is the author, co-author, and/or co-editor of fourteen books and numerous publications in the fields of cross-cultural psychology, political psychology, and comparative studies. In addition to his teaching and scholarly pursuits, he also writes opinion essays for think... More About Author

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