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Theories Of Personality 10th Edition
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,Table of Contents

PART I: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE.

1. Personality and the Scientific Outlook.

PART II: PSYCHOANALYTIC AND NEOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVES.

2. Freud's Psychoanalytic Perspectives.

3. Jung's Analytical Psychology.

4. Adler's Individual Psychology.

5. Horney's Social and Cultural Psychoanalysis.

6. Erikson's Psychoanalytic Ego Psychology.

7. Kohut's Self Psychology.

PART III: TRAIT PERSPECTIVES.

8. Allport's Trait Theory.

9. Cattell's Structure-Based Systems Theory.

10. Eysenck's Biological Typology.

PART IV: COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVES.

11. Kelly's Theory of Personal Constructs.
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,PART V: HUMANISTIC/EXISTENTIAL PERSPECTIVES.

12. Maslow's Self-Actualization Position.

13. Roger's Person-Centered Theory.

14. May's Existential-Analytic Position.

PART VI: SOCIAL-BEHAVIORISTIC PERSPECTIVES.

15. Skinner's Operant Analysis.

16. Rotter's Expectancy Reinforcement Value Model.

17. Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory.

PART VII: THE ROLE OF THE GRAND THEORIES IN
CONTEMPORARY PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY.

18. Theory and Research in Contemporary Personality Psychology.




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, CHAPTER VOUTLINE



I. Why Vstudy Vpersonality? V The Vstudy Vof Vhuman Vpersonality Vhelps Vus Vunderstand
Vourselves Vand V other Vpeople Vbetter Vand Vgives Vus Va Vgreater Vappreciation Vfor Vthe

Vcomplexity Vof Vhuman V experience.


II. Definition Vof VPersonality: VPersonality Vis Vthe Vdynamic Vand V organized V set V of
V characteristics V possessed Vby Van Vindividual Vthat Vuniquely Vinfluences Vhis Vor Vher

Vcognitions, Vmotivations Vand V behaviors Vin Vvarious Vsituations.


III. Personality Vand VScience: VPersonality Vis Va Vscientific Venterprise Vconcerned Vwith Vthe
Vdescription, V explanation, Vprediction, Vand Vcontrol Vof Vevents.


A. Components Vof VScience: VTheories Vand VResearch VMethods
1. What Vare Vtheories? V A Vtheory Vis Va Vsystem Vof Vinterrelated Vconceptual Vstatements
Vthat Vare V created Vby Vinvestigators Vto Vaccount Vfor Va Vphenomenon Vor Va Vset Vof

Vphenomena.


2. Kinds Vof Vtheories
a. inductive-sets Vof Vgeneral Vsummary Vstatements Vabout Vphenomena Vderived Vfrom Vfacts.
b. deductive-theories Vin Vwhich Vspecific Vhypotheses Vare Vderived Vfrom Vabstract
Vpropositions V and Vthen Vtested V by Vthe Vcollection Vof Vdata. VDeductive Vtheories

Vconsist Vof Vpostulates, V propositions, Vconceptual Vdefinitions, Voperational Vdefinitions,

Vhypotheses, Vand Vempirical V observations.


1. postulates-the Vfundamental Vor Vcore Vassumptions Vof Va Vtheory. VThey Vare Vtaken Vas
Vself- V evidently Vtrue Vin Vorder Vto Vprovide Va Vclear Vand Vfocused Vdirection Vfor

Vtheorizing Vand V research.


2. propositions- Vgeneral Vrelational Vstatements Vthat Vmay Vbe Vtrue Vor Vfalse. VThey Vare Vnot
Vtested V directly; Vinstead, Vhypotheses Vare Vderived Vfrom Vthem.


3. hypotheses-specific Vpropositions Vcontaining Vconstructs Vthat Vare Vconceptually Vdefined
Vand V operationalized Vso Vthey Vcan Vtested Vand Vconfirmed Vor Vdisconfirmed Vthrough

Vempirical V testing. VHypotheses Vare Vtentative Vtheoretical Vstatements Vabout Vhow

Vevents Vare Vrelated Vto V one Vanother, Voften Vstated Vas Vpredictions.


a. a Vprior Vpredictions-predictions Vmade Vbefore Vthe Vcollection Vof Vdata.
4. conceptual Vdefinitions- Vconcepts Vin Vthe Vhypotheses Vare Vdefined Vprecisely Vso Vthat
Vaccurate V measures Vof Vthe Vconcepts Vcan Vbe Vdevised.


5. operational Vdefinitions- Vprocedures V(or Voperations) Vused Vto Vdefine Vparticular Vconstructs.
6. empirical Vobservations-observations Vof Vphenomena Vmade Vby Vinvestigators.




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