Perspectives on Personality (7th Edition)

Perspectives on Personality (7th Edition)

<P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B> <I>Informative, yet engaging €" viewpoints of personality psychologists today</I> </B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Written in an informal, conversational style, Carver and Scheier engage students by helping them understand how various perspectives of the field of personality can apply to their own lives.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">This book describes a range of viewpoints that are used by personality psychologists today. Each perspective on personality is presented in a pair of chapters, introduced by a prologue that provides an overview of that perspective€s orienting assumptions and core themes. By starting with these orienting assumptions, you€ll be placed right inside the thought processes of the theorists, as you go on to read the chapters themselves. Each chapter concludes with a discussion of current problems within that theoretical viewpoint and the authors€ analysis about its future prospects.  The result is a book that is engaging and enjoyable as well as informative.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <U> <B>Learning Goals</B> </U> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Upon completing this book, readers should be able to:</P> <UL> <LI>Identify the ideas that form each theoretical viewpoint <LI>Understand the importance of research and why the role of research stresses the fact that personality psychology is a living, dynamic process of ongoing scientific exploration <LI>See how each perspective reflects fundamental assumptions about human nature and how behavior problems can arise and be treated from each perspective <LI>Understand how the different viewpoints relate to each other and the usefulness of blending theoretical viewpoints, treating theories as complementary, rather than competing</LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P>