Perspectives on Personality: United States Edition - Hardcover

Carver, Charles S.; Scheier, Michael F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0205375766 ISBN 13: 9780205375769

Publisher: Pearson, 2003

Synopsis

Perspectives on Personality, 5/e, presents the perspectives of the field of psychology as an organizing framework: each personality perspective is presented in two chapters and is introduced by a prologue that describes the assumptions and themes of the perspective. Engaging and very successful, this new edition introduces hundred of new citations; presents the ideas logically and orderly and concludes with a unique Integration chapter that brings the various perspectives together.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles S. Carver and Michael F. Scheier met in graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin, where they both earned doctoral degrees in personality psychology. After graduation, they took positions at the University of Miami and Carnegie-Mellon University, respectively, where they have remained throughout their careers. They've collaborated for four decades in work that spans personality, social, motivational, clinical, and health psychology. In 1998, they received awards for Outstanding Scientific Contribution (Senior Level) from the Division of Health Psychology of the American Psychological Association. In 2007, they received the Donald T. Campbell Award for Distinguished Contributions to Social Psychology from APA's Division of Personality and Social Psychology. In 2011, the first author received the Jack Block Award for Distinguished Contributions to Personality Psychology from APA's Division of Personality and Social Psychology. In 2012, the authors received the Distinguished Lifetime Career Award from the International Society for Self and Identity. Mike was the 2003--2004 President of APA's Division of Health Psychology and served for over 10 years as Department Head at CMU. Along with seven editions of Perspectives on Personality, the authors have published two books on self-regulation (the more recent titled On the Self-Regulation of Behavior, in 1998) and more than 400 articles and chapters. Mike is an avid outdoorsman, hunter, and fisherman. Chuck keeps intending to take up painting but getting distracted by things that need fixing and shrubbery that needs cutting.

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“The writing style is very comfortable. The Authors present the material at the correct level and in a nice conversational style.” - Peter Miene, Winona State University

“Excellent examples throughout the text.” “... Carver/Schier text does a good job of covering the major theoretical perspectives.”- Andrea Zevenberger, University of North Dakota

The various perspectives of the field of psychology provide the organizing framework of this successful text: each perspective is presented in two chapters and is introduced by a prologue that describes the assumptions and themes of the perspective. Engaging and very successful, this new edition introduces hundred of new citations; presents the ideas logically and orderly and concludes with a unique Integration chapter that brings the various perspectives in then field together.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0205375766
• ISBN 13: 9780205375769
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 640