9781593858360 (hardcover)

1593858361 (hardcover)

Pt. I. Introduction

1. History of modern personality theory and research / Nicole B. Barenbaum and David G. Winter

Pt. II. Theoretical perspectives

2. Human nature and individual differences : evolution of human personality / David M. Buss

3. Psychoanalytic approaches to personality / Drew Westen, Glen O. Gabbard, and Kile M. Ortigo

4. Paradigm shift to the integrative big five trait taxonomy : history, measurement, and conceptual issues / Oliver P. John, Laura P. Naumann, and Christopher J. Soto

5. The five-factor theory of personality / Robert R. McCrae and Paul T. Costa, Jr.

6. When is personality revealed? : a motivated cognition approach / E. Tory Higgins and Abigail A. Scholer

7. Toward a unified theory of personality : integrating dispositions and processing dynamics within the cognitive-affective processing system / Walter Mischel and Yuichi Shoda

8. Personal narratives and the life story / Dan P. McAdams

Pt. III. Biological bases

9. Temperament : an organizing paradigm for trait psychology / Lee Anna Clark and David Watson

10. Behavioral genetics and personality : a new look at the integration of nature and nurture / Robert F. Krueger and Wendy Johnson

11. Toward a "molecular psychology" of personality / Turhan Canli

12. Personality in animals / Tamara A.R. Weinstein, John P. Capitanio, and Samuel D. Gosling

Pt. IV. Developmental approaches

13. Parents' role in children's personality development : the psychological resource principle / Eva M. Pomerantz and Ross A. Thompson

14. The development of personality traits in adulthood / Brent W. Roberts, Dustin Wood, and Avshalom Caspi

15. Challenges and opportunities at the interface of aging, personality, and well-being / Carol D. Ryff

Pt. V. Self and social processes

16. Naturalizing the self / Richard W. Robins, Jessica L. Tracy, and Kali H. Trzesniewski

17. Identity negotiation : a theory of self and social interaction / William B. Swann, Jr. and Jennifer K. Bosson

18. Self-regulation / Matthew T. Gailliot, Nicole L. Mead, and Roy F. Baumeister

19. Self-presentation of personality : an agency-communication framework / Delroy L. Paulhus and Paul D. Trapnell

20. Attachment theory and its place in contemporary personality theory and research / R. Chris Fraley and Phillip R. Shaver

21. Culture and personality / Verónica Benet-Martínez and Shigehiro Oishi

22. Persons, situations, and person-situation interactions / David C. Funder

Pt. VI. Cognitive and motivational processes

23. The psychological unconscious / John F. Kihlstrom

24. Implicit motives / Oliver C. Schultheiss

25. Personality and the capacity for religious and spiritual experience / Robert A. Emmons, Justin L. Barrett, and Sarah A. Schnitker

26. Self-determination theory and the role of basic psychological needs in personality and the organization of behavior / Richard M. Ryan and Edward L. Deci

27. Creativity and genius / Dean Keith Simonton

Pt. VII. Emotion, adjustment, and health

28. Emotion and emotion regulation : personality processes and individual differences / James J. Gross

29. Self-regulatory processes, stress, and coping / Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier, and Daniel Fulford

30. Personality and psychopathology / Thomas A. Widiger and Gregory T. Smith

31. Personality and health : a lifespan perspective / Sarah E. Hampson and Howard S. Friedman

32. Personality and subjective well-being / Richard E. Lucas and Ed Diener.