Personality - Softcover

Burger, Professor Of Psychology Jerry M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495097934 ISBN 13: 9780495097938

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2007

Synopsis

Written by Thomas L. Wilson of Bellamine University. The perfect complement to the online quizzing found on this text's companion Website, this STUDY GUIDE includes learning objectives to help students focus on important material; important concepts with text page references; Programmed Review (fill-in-the-blank questions); multiple-choice, integrative, and evaluative questions to test increasingly deeper levels of understanding and to help students assess their learning prior to testing.

About this title

Review

1. What Is Personality? 2. Personality Research Methods. 3. The Psychoanalytic Approach: Freudian Theory, Application and Assessment. 4. The Freudian Approach: Relevant Research. 5. The Psychoanalytic Approach: Neo-Freudian Theory, Application and Assessment. 6. The Neo-Freudian Theories: Relevant Research. 7. The Trait Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment. 8. The Trait Approach: Relevant Research. 9. The Biological Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment. 10. The Biological Approach: Relevant Research. 11. The Humanistic Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment. 12. The Humanistic Approach: Relevant Research. 13. The Behavioral/Social Learning Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment. 14. The Behavioral/Social Learning Approach: Relevant Research. 15. The Cognitive Approach: Theory, Application and Assessment. 16. The Cognitive Approach: Relevant Research.

About the Author

Jerry M. Burger is a professor of Psychology at Santa Clara University. He is the author of dozens of journal articles and book chapters, as well as the book DESIRE FOR CONTROL: PERSONALITY, SOCIAL, AND CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES (1992). He has been on the editorial board of the Journal of Personality and the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and has served as an associate editor for the Personality Processes and Individual Difference section of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Burger continues to teach the personality course, and PERSONALITY, 9th Edition reflects his many years of experience.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0495097934
• ISBN 13: 9780495097938
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 174