Personality traits

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This second edition of the bestselling textbook Personality Traits is an essential text for students doing courses in personality psychology and individual differences. The authors have updated the volume throughout, added three new chapters and many additional features designed to make it even more reader friendly.

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Title Statements

Full title :Personality traits / Gerald Matthews, Ian J. Deary, Martha C. Whiteman.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2003.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, U.K
Language:eng
Publication Date:2003.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 493 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0511078803, 9780511078804, 0511077238, 9780511077234, 0511351445, 9780511351440, 9780511812736, 0511812736, 9786610955930, 661095593X, 051156662X, 9780511566622, 1107138949, 9781107138940, 1280955937, 9781280955938, 0511205759, 9780511205750
oclc:ocm57509162
LC Classification:BF698
Dewey Decimal:155.2/3

PART I: THE NATURE OF PERSONALITY TRAITS: The trait concept and personality theory -- Persons, situations, and interactionism -- Personality across the life span -- Stable traits and transient states -- Alternatives to the trait theory -- PART II: CAUSES OF PERSONALITY TRAITS: Genes, environments and personality traits -- The psychophysiology of traits -- The social psychology of traits -- PART III: CONSEQUENCES AND APPLICATIONS: Stress -- Traits and health -- Abnormal personality traits? -- Personality, performance and information processing -- Applications of personality assessment -- Conclusions.