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“There is a wonderful balance and clarity in coverage of complex and contentious issues. Throughout, the tone is amiable…the writing engaging and clear.”
—Robbie Sutton, University of Kent, U.K.
Nick Haslam's highly-anticipated new text is a thoroughly engaging introduction to the psychology of personality.
Fully tailored to the British Psychological Society's guidelines regarding the teaching of Individual Differences, Introduction to Personality and Intelligence provides the perfect package for any undergraduate Psychology student taking a course in this fascinating subject.
Key Features:
Coverage of all core topics for a personality course; A whole section devoted to intelligence; Includes mental disorders and cognitive approaches; Focuses on major theoretical issues; Presents a good range of applied theory chapters; Packed with pedagogical features including: key concept boxes and a full glossary, illustrative case studies, and annotated further reading
The author's writing style, use of pedagogy, and incorporation of the latest empirical research findings makes Introduction to Personality and Intelligence an essential textbook for all Psychology students taking a Personality or Individual Differences course.
Cognitive Approaches to Personality
Cognitive Approaches to Personality
Learning Objectives
- To understand how the cognitive approaches to personality differ from trait and other approaches.
- To develop a working understanding of the basic concepts of personal construct theory.
- To understand the concept of ‘attribution’ and the dimensions of attributional style.
- To understand the concept of ‘coping’ and the main forms of coping strategy.
- To understand the concept of ‘self and personality variables involving the evaluation and structure of the self (i.e., self-esteem and self-complexity).
- To understand the concept of ‘emotional intelligence’.
This final chapter in the ‘Explaining personality’ section presents several ways of accounting for individual differences that share an emphasis on cognition. They all focus on the ways in which people actively make sense of their world; interpreting it, explaining events, coping with ...
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