The Personality Puzzle by David C Funder

The Personality Puzzle by David C Funder

The Personality Puzzle offers everything students need to gain a sure understanding of personality psychology -- balanced coverage of classic and contemporary theories, accessible organization and pedagogy -- and the lively, often humorous prose of experienced teacher David Funder. Organized around the field\'s major domains/paradigms -- trait, biological, psychoanalytic, humanistic and crosscultural, and cognitive and learning -- the text outlines the foundations of personality psychology and emphasizes the significance of contemporary research. A new capstone chapter on personality disorders synthesizes these domains/paradigms. The Fourth Edition adds a new chapter on cognition and the self, new coverage of the "Big Five" personality traits and of personality in a developmental context, and a new Student Website to enable effective study and review. Takes a Contemporary Domains/Paradigm-Based Approach By organizing the text around major domains/paradigms -- trait, biological, psychoanalytic, humanistic and cross-cultural, and cognitive and learning -- The Personality Puzzle offers a broad view of the discipline\'s theories and research in an easy-to-understand format. A new chapter on personality disorders concludes the book by clarifying how the six paradigms are closely interrelated. Expanded Coverage of Contemporary Research The Fourth Edition\'s expanded coverage of contemporary research includes a more detailed treatment of the "Big Five" personality traits, a new discussion of personality traits across the lifespan, up-to-date coverage of the biological and cultural aspects of personality, a new chapter on the self, and updated coverage of cognition, motivation, and emotion. Theory in the Context of Everyday Life To help students understand the theories discussed in the book, Professor Funder includes, in each chapter, interludes that clarify concepts by demonstrating their relevance to everyday life. For the Fourth Edition, Professor Funder has added a question set at the end of each chapter that challenges students to apply what they learn in a real-world context.

David C.Funder is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside, and a former chair of the department. He is a former editor of the Journal of Research in Personality and a past president of the Association for Research in Personality as well as the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. He won the Jack Block Award for Outstanding Research in Personality in 2009. He is best recognized for his studies on personality judgment, but he has also written about delay of pleasure, attribution theory, the longitudinal course of personality development, and psychological situation assessment. He has taught undergraduates in personality psychology at Harvey Mudd College, Harvard University, and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and he continues to teach the course at the University of California, Riverside every year.

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ISBN 13	9780393928587
ISBN 10	0393928586
Title	The Personality Puzzle
Author	David C Funder
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	WW Norton & Co
Year published	2007-03-01
Number of pages	798
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