TY - BOOK AU - Cervone,Daniel AU - Pervin,Lawrence A. TI - Personality: theory and research SN - 0471742414 AV - BF698 .P375 2008 U1 - 155.2 22 PY - 2008///] CY - Hoboken, NJ PB - Wiley KW - Personality N1 - Pervin's name appears first on the earlier edition; Prevised edition entered under Pervin; Includes bibliographical references and index; Ch. 1; Personality theory : from everyday observations to systematic theories --; Ch. 2; The scientific study of people --; Ch. 3; A psychodynamic theory : Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality --; Ch. 4; Freud's psychoanalytic theory : applications, delated theoretical conceptions, and contemporary research --; Ch. 5; A phenomenological theory : Carl Rogers's person-centered theory of personality --; Ch. 6; Rogers's phenomenological theory : applications, related theoretical conceptions, and contemporary research --; Ch. 7; Trait theories of personality : Allport, Eysenck, and Cattell --; Ch. 8; Trait theory : the five-factor model; applications and evaluation of trait approaches to personality --; Ch. 9; Biological foundations of personality --; Ch. 10; Behaviorism and the learning approaches to personality --; Ch. 11; A cognitive theory : George A. Kelly's personal construct theory of personality --; Ch. 12; Social-cognitive theory : Bandura and Mischel --; Ch. 13; Social-cognitive theory : applications, related theoretical conceptions, and contemporary research --; Ch. 14; Personality in context : interpersonal relations, culture, and development across the course of life --; Ch. 15; Assessing personality theory and research N2 - Both scholarly and manageable, this text offers an unbiased introduction to the major theories of personality, and successfully integrates theory with research. The authors illustrate each theory with a case, and analyse the strengths and limitations of each approach ER -