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by Ryckman All 18 Chapters Covered
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,Table of Contents
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PARTmI:mANmINTRODUCTIONmTOmTHEmDISCIPLINE.

1. PersonalitymandmthemScientificmOutlook.

PARTmII:mPSYCHOANALYTICmANDmNEOANALYTICmPERSPECTIVES.

2. Freud'smPsychoanalyticmPerspectives.

3. Jung'smAnalyticalmPsychology.

4. Adler'smIndividualmPsychology.

5. Horney'smSocialmandmCulturalmPsychoanalysis.

6. Erikson'smPsychoanalyticmEgomPsychology.

7. Kohut'smSelfmPsychology.

PARTmIII:mTRAITmPERSPECTIVES.

8. Allport'smTraitmTheory.

9. Cattell'smStructure-BasedmSystemsmTheory.

10. Eysenck'smBiologicalmTypology.

PARTmIV:mCOGNITIVEmPERSPECTIVES.

11. Kelly'smTheorymofmPersonalmConstructs.
PARTmV:mHUMANISTIC/EXISTENTIALmPERSPECTIVES.

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,12. Maslow'smSelf-ActualizationmPosition.

13. Roger'smPerson-CenteredmTheory.

14. May'smExistential-AnalyticmPosition.

PARTmVI:mSOCIAL-BEHAVIORISTICmPERSPECTIVES.
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15. Skinner'smOperantmAnalysis.

16. Rotter'smExpectancymReinforcementmValuemModel.

17. Bandura'smSocialmCognitivemTheory.

PARTmVII:mTHEmROLEmOFmTHEmGRANDmTHEORIESmINmmCONTEMPORARYmPERS
ONALITYmPSYCHOLOGY.

18. TheorymandmResearchminmContemporarymPersonalitymPsychology.
CHAPTERmOUTLINE




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, I. Whymstudympersonality?m Themstudymofmhumanmpersonalitymhelpsmusmunderstandmourselvesman
dm othermpeoplembettermandmgivesmusmamgreatermappreciationmformthemcomplexitymofmhuma
nm experience.
II. Definitionm ofmPersonality:mPersonalitymismthem dynamicmandm organizedm setm ofmcharacteristics
m possessedmbymanmindividualmthatmuniquelyminfluencesmhismormhermcognitions,mmotivationsma
ndm behaviorsminmvariousmsituations.
III. PersonalitymandmScience:mPersonalitymismamscientificmenterprisemconcernedmwithmthemdescription,
m explanation,mprediction,mandmcontrolmofmevents.

A. ComponentsmofmScience:mTheoriesmandmResearchmMethods
1. Whatmaremtheories?m Amtheorymismamsystemmofminterrelatedm conceptualmstatementsmthatm
arem createdmbyminvestigatorsmtomaccountmformamphenomenonmormamsetmofmphenomena.
2. Kindsmofmtheories
a. inductive-setsmofmgeneralmsummarymstatementsmaboutmphenomenamderivedmfrommfacts.
b. deductive-
theoriesminmwhichmspecificmhypothesesmaremderivedmfrommabstractmpropositionsm andmthen
mtestedm bymthemcollectionmofmdata.mDeductivemtheoriesmconsistmofmpostulates,m propositio
ns,mconceptualmdefinitions,moperationalmdefinitions,mhypotheses,mandmempiricalm observat
ions.
1. postulates-
themfundamentalmormcoremassumptionsmofmamtheory.mTheymaremtakenmasmself-
m evidentlymtrueminmordermtomprovidemamclearmandmfocusedmdirectionmformtheorizingm
andm research.
2. propositions-
mgeneralmrelationalmstatementsmthatmmaymbemtruemormfalse.mTheymaremnotmtestedm directl
y;minstead,mhypothesesmaremderivedmfrommthem.
3. hypotheses-
specificmpropositionsmcontainingmconstructsmthatmaremconceptuallymdefinedmandm operation
alizedmsomtheymcanmtestedmandmconfirmedmormdisconfirmedmthroughmempiricalm testing.mH
ypothesesmaremtentativemtheoreticalmstatementsmaboutmhowmeventsmaremrelatedmtom onema
nother,moftenmstatedmasmpredictions.
a. ampriormpredictions-predictionsmmadembeforemthemcollectionmofmdata.
4. conceptualmdefinitions-
mconceptsminmthemhypothesesmaremdefinedmpreciselymsomthatmaccuratem measuresmofmthemc
onceptsmcanmbemdevised.
5. operationalmdefinitions-mproceduresm(ormoperations)musedmtomdefinemparticularmconstructs.
6. empiricalmobservations-observationsmofmphenomenammadembyminvestigators.
1V.mResearchmMethodsmUsedmtomTestmTheories
A. ExperimentalmMethod-techniquemformstudyingmcause-and-
meffectmrelationshipsmbetweenm variables.mItminvolvesmthemmanipulationmofmindependentm
variablesmandmobservationmofmthem effectsmofmthemmanipulation(s)monmdependentmvariab
les.
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