Current controversies and issues in personality /
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| Author / Creator: | Pervin, Lawrence A. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Wiley, c1978. |
| Description: | x, 313 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/260352 |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. The Enterprise of Personality Research: How Should It Be Conducted?
- The Three Disciplines of Psychology
- Three Research Traditions in Personality Psychology: Clinical, Correlational, and Experimental
- The Clinical, Case Study Approach
- The Correlational Approach
- The Place of Self-Report Data
- The Experimental Approach
- Linkages Among Theory, Content, and Research Method
- Convergence Among Data from Alternative Research Methods
- Summary and Conclusions
- Chapter 2. What Units Shall We Use? Traits, Motives, And Cognitions
- Trait Units of Personality
- Early Trait Psychologists: Allport, Cattell, and Eysenck
- Current Trait Theory: The Big Five and Five-Factor Models
- Critique of Current Trait Theory
- Motive Units of Personality
- Pitchfork-Drive, Carrot-Incentive, and Cognitive Theories of Motivation
- Pitchfork-Drive Theories of Motivation
- Carrot-Incentive Theories of Motivation
- Cognitive Theories of Motivation
- Critique of the Motive Unit
- Where Do Motives Come From?
- Are There Universal Motives?
- How Are Motives to Be Measured?
- Cognitive Units of Personality
- Cognitive Style
- Cantor and Kihlstrom's Social Intelligence
- Social Cognition: Expectancies, Beliefs, Attributions
- Critique of the Cognitive Model
- What About the "Hot" Aspects of Personality Functioning?
- What About Individual Differences and General Processes?
- Relations Among the Units
- Summary
- Chapter 3. Am I Me Or Am I The Situation? Where We Stand In Relation To The Person-Situation Controversy
- The Dichotomy Between Internal and External Determinants of Behavior
- The Person-Situation Debate: 1968-1988
- The Mischel Challenge: 1968
- The Response and Debate
- The Interactionist View
- Lessons Learned: 1988
- The Simmering Controversy and the Attempt at Rapprochement
- So What Is Known and Where Do We Go from Here?
- Summary
- Chapter 4. Is The Child Father To The Man? The Longitudinal Consistency Of Personality
- The Continuity of Personality: Concepts and Assessment
- Evidence of Personality Continuity
- Block's Longitudinal Research
- Kagan's Temperament Research
- Caspi's Research on Behavioral Development
- Magnusson's IDA Study
- Sroufe's Attachment Research
- Some Questions Concerning Continuity and the Reasons for It
- What Do We Know and Where Do We Go from Here?
- Summary
- Chapter 5. The Nature-Nuture Controversy: Genes, Environments, And Gene-Environment Interactions
- The Goals and Methods of Behavior Genetics
- The Nature and Nurture of Personality
- Genetic and Environmental Factors in Personality: Intelligence
- Genetic and Environmental Factors in Personality: Temperament and the Big Five
- Genetic and Environmental Factors in Personality: Gender Identity and Sexual Behavior
- Genetic and Environmental Factors in Personality: Psychopathology and Behavior Problems
- Conclusion
- Summary
- Personal, Sociopolitical, And Ethical Features
- Personal Factors in the Science of Personality
- Social and Political Considerations
- Social Darwinism, the Psychology of Sex Differences, and the IQ Controversy
- Conclusion
- Ethics of the Scientific Enterprise
- Milgram's Research on Obedience to Authority
- Zimbardo's Prison Experiment
- The Protection of Subjects and the Conduct of Research
- Reporting of Results
- Summary
- References
- Index