Includes bibliographical references (p. 665-702) and indexes
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction to personality psychology -- Personality assessment, measurement, and research design -- Traits and trait taxonomies -- Theoretical and measurement issues in trait psychology -- Personality dispositions over time : stability, coherence, and change -- Genetics and personality -- Physiological approaches to personality -- Evolutionary perspectives on personality -- Psychoanalytic approaches to personality -- Psychoanalytic approaches : contemporary issues -- Motives and personality -- Cognitive topics in personality -- Emotion and personality -- Approaches to the self -- Personality and social interaction -- Sex, gender, and personality -- Culture and personality -- Stress, coping, adjustment, and health -- Disorders of personality
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Randy Larsen and David Buss demonstrate how scientists approach the study of personality."--back cover