Personality Theories

Personality Theories
Author: Barbara Engler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 586
Release: 1995
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

[The book] is designed both to explain the major personality theories and to stimulate critical thinking about them. [The author] has pursued four main objectives. To present a clear and concise picture of the major features of each important personality theory ... To focus on significant ideas and themes that structure the content of the different personality theories ... To provide criteria to guide the evaluation of each theory ... To present activities, informed by the tenets of each theory, that will provide growth in critical thinking skills. -Pref.

Points of Influence

Points of Influence
Author: Morley Segal
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 440
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

"Points of Influence" provides a primer for understanding and influencing individual human behavior in the workplace. With capsule introductions to the key personality theorists who have had the most profound effect on the study of motivation and human behavior, Morley Segal shows how each theory can help managers gain a better understanding of human behavior and expand their managerial skills.

Theories of Personality

Theories of Personality
Author: Duane P. Schultz
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages: 566
Release: 2001
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780534551070

This revision of the Schultz's popular text surveys the field, presenting theory-by-theory coverage of the major theorists who represent the psychoanalytic, neopsychoanalytic, life-span, trait, humanistic, cognitive, behavioral, and social-learning approaches, as well as clinical and experimental work. Where warranted, the authors show how the development of certain theories was influenced by events in a theorist's personal and professional life. This thoroughly revised Seventh Edition now incorporates more examples, tables, and figures to help bring the material to life for students. The new content in this edition reflects the dynamism in the field. The text explores how race, gender, and culture issues figure in the study of personality and in personality assessment. In addition, a final integrative chapter looks at the study of personality theories and suggests conclusions that can be drawn from the many theorists' work.

Personality Theories

Personality Theories
Author: Albert Ellis
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 721
Release: 2009
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1412970628

'Personality Theories' by Albert Ellis - the founding father of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy - provides a comprehensive review of all major theories of personality including theories of personality pathology. Importantly, it critically reviews each of these theories in light of the competing theories as well as recent research.

Personality Theories

Personality Theories
Author: Eric Shiraev
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2016-09-28
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1483324176

Personality Theories: A Global View by leading scholar Eric Shiraev takes a dynamic, integrated, and cross-cultural approach to the study of personality. The text is organized around three general questions: Where did personality theories come from? How did the theorists study facts? How do we apply personality theories now? These questions provide a consistent focus on social context, interdisciplinary science, and applications. Going beyond traditional research from the Western tradition, the book also covers theories and studies rooted in the experiences of other countries and cultures.

Theories of Personality

Theories of Personality
Author: Jess Feist
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Personality
ISBN: 9780072316797

Accurate and authoritative, Theories of Personality by Jess and Gregory Feist presents 23 leading theories of personality in a thorough, interesting and logical manner. The book begins with an introductory chapter designed to acquaint students with the meaning of personality and provide them with a solid foundation for understanding the nature of theory and its crucial contributions to science. The next seventeen chapters present twenty-three major theories with a fresh approach and a more complete view encompassing, a biographical sketch of each theorist, related research and applications to real life. When appropriate, the authors point out ways in which the theorists' life experiences may have helped shape her or his theory.

Theories of Personality

Theories of Personality
Author: Duane Schultz
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2004-07-20
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

Presenting coverage of the major theorists who represent different aspects of the approaches to personality, this text also looks at the study of personality theories, suggesting conclusions that can be drawn from many theorists' work.