Current controversies and issues in personality /

Pervin, Lawrence A.

Current controversies and issues in personality / Lawrence A. Pervin. - 3rd ed. - New York : J. Wiley & sons, c2002. - viii, 328 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-312) and index.

The Enterprise of Personality Research: How Should It Be Conducted? -- What Units Shall We Use? Traits, Motives, And Cognitions -- Am I Me Or Am I The Situation? Where We Stand In Relation To The Person-Situation Controversy -- Is The Child Father To The Man? The Longitudinal Consistency Of Personality -- The Nature-Nurture Controversy: Genes, Environments, And Gene-Environment Interactions -- The Nature Of Human Nature: Culture And The Search For Universals -- Is The Concept Of The Self Useful And Necessary? -- The Unconscious: What Is It? How Important? -- Why Do And Don't People Change? -- Mind, Brain, And Behavior: Psychology, Biology, And The Question Of Reductionism -- The Nature Of The Scientific Enterprise: Personal, Sociopolitical, And Ethical Features. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11.

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Personality.
Personality--Research.

BF 698 / .P37 2002

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