Synopses & Reviews
Larsen and Buss's Personality Psychology is based on a framework of six important domains of knowledge about personality functioning. These six domains are the dispositional domain (traits, trait taxonomies, and personality dispositions over time), the biological domain (physiology, genetics, evolution), the intrapsychic domain (psychodynamics, motives), the cognitive/experiential domain (cognition, emotion, and the self), the social and cultural domain (social interaction, gender, and culture), and the adjustment domain (stress, coping, health, and personality disorders). This book is based on the notion that these domains of knowledge represent the organizing structure of contemporary personality psychology.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Introduction to Personality Psychology 2. Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design Part I The Dispositional Domain 3. Traits and Trait Taxonomies 4. Theoretical and Measurement Issues in Trait Psychology 5. Personality Dispositions over Time: Stability, Change, and Coherence Part II The Biological Domain 6. Genetics of Personality 7. Physiological Approaches to Personality 8. Evolutionary Perspectives on Personality Part III The Intrapsychic Domain 9. Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality 10. Psychoanalytic Approaches: Contemporary Issues 11. Motives and Personality Part IV The Cognitive/Experiential Domain 12. Cognitive Approaches to Personality 13. Emotion and Personality 14. Approaches to the Self Part V The Social and Cultural Domain 15. Personality and Social Interaction 16. Sex, Gender, and Personality 17. Culture and Personality Part VI The Adjustment Domain 18. Stress, Coping, Adjustment, and Health 19. Disorders of Personality Conclusion 20. Summary and Future Directions