Personality and Individual Differences, 2nd Edition
by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic (Goldsmiths College, University of London)Edition: 2nd
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Pub. Date: 2011-05-01
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
Personality and Individual Differences is a state-of-the-art undergraduate textbook that covers the salient and recent literature on personality, intellectual ability, motivation, and other individual differences such as creativity, emotional intelligence, leadership, and vocational interests. #xA0; #xA0; As well as introducing all topics relating to individual differences this book examines and discusses many important underlying issues, such as the psychometric approach to latent variables, validity, reliability, and correlations between constructs. An essential textbook for first-time as well as more advanced students of the discipline, Personality and Individual Differences provides grounding in all the major aspects of differential psychology. #xA0; Accompanying website featuring instructor material, further web resources and electronic versions of chapters Covers BPS syllabus for differential psychology Written by a rising star in the field of individual differences New full colour page design More real-life (and informal) examples 20% more figures and tables to use as study-tools and summaries Expanded sections on validity, #xA0;temperament,#xA0; creativity and hot intelligence New material on protective and non-psychometric tests
Author Biography
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is a Reader in Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, and visiting professor at NYU in London.
Table of Contents
| Preface to Second Edition | p. xiii |
| Preface to First Edition | p. xiv |
| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| About the Author | p. xvi |
| Introducing Individual Differences - From Everyday to Psychological Questions | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 2 |
| Personality: A Commonsense Idea | p. 4 |
| Describing Individuals | p. 5 |
| Abnormality | p. 8 |
| Intelligence, Competition, and Adaptation | p. 9 |
| Predicting Success | p. 11 |
| Born Different? | p. 12 |
| Other Abilities | p. 16 |
| Variability and Change: Motivation and Mood States | p. 18 |
| Creativity | p. 20 |
| Leading the Way | p. 22 |
| Interests | p. 24 |
| Personality, Part I | p. 25 |
| Introduction | p. 26 |
| Overview and Approaches | p. 27 |
| Definition of Personality Traits | p. 28 |
| History of Personality | p. 30 |
| Personality Traits and States: Dispositional vs. Situational Approaches | p. 36 |
| Eysenck's Gigantic Three and the Biological Basis of Personality Traits | p. 40 |
| Self-Report Inventories | p. 43 |
| The Biological Basis of Personality | p. 46 |
| Gray's Personality Theory | p. 48 |
| Cattell's 16PF and the Lexical Hypothesis | p. 50 |
| The Five Factor Model (Big Five) | p. 53 |
| Summary and Conclusions | p. 61 |
| Personality, Part II - Validating Personality Traits | p. 63 |
| Introduction | p. 64 |
| Testing Personality Theories | p. 64 |
| Personality and Social Behavior | p. 74 |
| Personality and Romantic Relationships | p. 76 |
| Personality and Performance | p. 79 |
| Personality and Health | p. 84 |
| Personality and Happiness | p. 88 |
| Current Developments Outside the Dispositional Paradigm | p. 90 |
| Summary and Conclusions | p. 101 |
| Psychopathology | p. 103 |
| Introduction | p. 104 |
| Defining Abnormality | p. 105 |
| Historical Roots of Psychopathology | p. 108 |
| Modern Approaches to Psychopathology | p. 110 |
| Integrative Approaches to Psychopathology: The Biopsychosocial Model | p. 115 |
| Diagnosis: Classifying Psychological Disorders | p. 116 |
| Major Psychological Disorders | p. 118 |
| Criticisms of the Diagnostic Approach | p. 129 |
| Dimensional View of Psychopathology and Personality Disorders | p. 130 |
| Summary and Conclusions | p. 132 |
| Intelligence, Part I | p. 135 |
| Introduction | p. 136 |
| Defining Intelligence | p. 137 |
| History of Intelligence Testing | p. 140 |
| Cattell's Theory of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence | p. 154 |
| Genetic vs. Environmental Causes of Intelligence | p. 156 |
| Piaget and the Developmental Theory of Cognitive Ability | p. 158 |
| The Great Debate: g vs. Multiple Abilities | p. 160 |
| Summary and Conclusions | p. 163 |
| Intelligence, Part II - Validating Intelligence and Correlates of IQ (Causes and Consequences) | p. 165 |
| Introduction | p. 166 |
| Wechsler's IQ Scale | p. 166 |
| Intelligence at School and University: Educational Outcomes | p. 169 |
| In the Job: Occupational Outcomes of Intelligence | p. 172 |
| Intelligence, Longevity, and Health | p. 175 |
| Intelligence and Social Class | p. 179 |
| Race and Sex Differences in IQ: Facts, Controversies, and Implications | p. 183 |
| Sex Differences in IQ | p. 185 |
| Even More Basic: Decomposing Intelligence | p. 191 |
| Summary and Conclusions | p. 194 |
| Behavioral Genetics | p. 197 |
| Introduction | p. 198 |
| Early Foundations of Behavioral Genetics | p. 199 |
| DNA: Some Background | p. 202 |
| The Power of Genes: Recent Evidence for the Heritability of Intelligence | p. 205 |
| Intelligence and Assortative Mating | p. 206 |
| The Importance of the Environment | p. 208 |
| Biological Effects on Intelligence: Why Do they Increase Across the Lifespan? | p. 209 |
| Genetic Causes of Personality Traits | p. 213 |
| Genetic Basis of Maladaptive Behaviors | p. 217 |
| Personality and Intelligence: Interplay Between Environment and Genes? | p. 218 |
| Implications for Upbringing and Education | p. 220 |
| Contradicting Genetics: The Flynn Effect | p. 221 |
| Summary and Conclusions | p. 225 |
| Beyond IQ - Theories of Hot Intelligence | p. 227 |
| Introduction | p. 228 |
| Streetwise Rather than Book Smart | p. 229 |
| Early Beginnings: Thorndike's Social Intelligence | p. 232 |
| Theoretical Importance of Social Intelligence | p. 237 |
| Early Problems | p. 238 |
| Recent Approaches: From Multidimensionality to Implicit Theories | p. 242 |
| Emotional Intelligence | p. 243 |
| Debate and Controversy Surrounding Emotional Intelligence | p. 247 |
| Origins and Measurement Problems of EQ | p. 248 |
| Trait Emotional Intelligence: Emotional Self-Efficacy | p. 249 |
| Practical Intelligence | p. 253 |
| Summary and Conclusions | p. 254 |
| Mood and Motivation | p. 257 |
| Introduction | p. 258 |
| Beyond or Underneath Traits | p. 259 |
| Defining Motivation | p. 261 |
| From Biological Reflexes to Psychological Self-Realization | p. 266 |
| Mood States | p. 1 |
| Structure of Mood | p. 283 |
| Situational Determinants of Mood | p. 285 |
| Dispositional Influences on Mood States | p. 285 |
| Integrative and Recent Approaches to Mood States | p. 286 |
| Summary and Conclusions | p. 288 |
| Creativity | p. 291 |
| Introduction . | p. 292 |
| Definitions and Conceptualizations of Creativity | p. 294 |
| Creativity Across Different Psychological Paradigms | p. 297 |
| Differential Approaches to Creativity | p. 301 |
| Creativity and Intelligence | p. 303 |
| Creativity and Personality Traits | p. 311 |
| Testing Creativity | p. 320 |
| Creativity in Different Fields (From Arts to Science) | p. 322 |
| Summary and Conclusions | p. 323 |
| Leadership | p. 325 |
| Introduction | p. 326 |
| Approaches to Leadership | p. 328 |
| Behavioral Approaches: Leadership Styles | p. 345 |
| Leadership and Gender | p. 355 |
| Summary and Conclusions | p. 357 |
| Vocational Interests | p. 359 |
| Introduction | p. 360 |
| Approaches to Vocational Interests | p. 361 |
| Linking Theory and Practice | p. 363 |
| Stability of Interests: Evidence for Dispositional Nature | p. 364 |
| Gender Differences in Vocational Interests | p. 366 |
| Person-environment Fit | p. 371 |
| Holland's RIASEC Typology | p. 371 |
| Prediger's Three-Factor Model | p. 376 |
| Holland and the Big Five | p. 377 |
| Circumscription and Compromise: Gottfredson's Theory | p. 378 |
| Trait Complexes and Interests | p. 379 |
| Summary and Conclusions | p. 381 |
| Glossary | p. 383 |
| References | p. 391 |
| Index | p. 431 |
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