| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 559 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Historical precursors of personality theory -- From illness to wellness models of human nature -- Developmental perspectives on personality : from youth-based to life-span models -- The biology of personality -- Trait theories and the psychology of individual differences -- The puzzle of the self -- Culture and personality -- Gendered personality -- Emotions and reasoning : a definition of the human -- Taking the measure of the human : benefits and inherent limitations of personality measures -- Can personality change : the possibilities of psychotherapeutics -- The disordered personality : evolution of nosological systems -- Eight appendices : at the margins of personality psychology. |
| Summary |
Presents current personality psychology, incorporating historical perspectives and how past developments have led to progressions within science and research. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Personality.
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Personality. |
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Personality -- History.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte Anfänge-2010 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dumont, Frank, 1928- History of personality psychology. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521116329 (DLC) 2010279116 (OCoLC)432978421 |
| ISBN |
9780511676871 (electronic book) |
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0511676875 (electronic book) |
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9780511681363 (electronic book) |
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0511681364 (electronic book) |
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9780511679384 (electronic book) |
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0511679386 (electronic book) |
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9780511685859 (electronic book) |
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9780511739293 (electronic book) |
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051173929X (electronic book) |
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9780511682551 (electronic book) |
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0511682557 (electronic book) |
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9780511676093 (electronic book) |
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0511676093 (electronic book) |
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9780521116329 (print ; hardback) |
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0521116325 (print ; hardback) |
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