Pathways to Individuality
Evolution and Development of Personality Traits
Will be published approx. on 15. August 2011
Book
Hardback
261 pages
978-1-4338-1031-2 (ISBN)
Description
In Pathways to Individuality, Arnold H. Buss examines the personality traits we share with other animals and the traits that set us apart and make us distinctly human. Buss explains that within those general traits there is much variability, and those traits become distinct during the crucial periods of human development. This is what makes us individuals. Compared with other species, humans enjoy an extended period of childhood, during which personality traits become ingrained and differentiated: Our early interactions with our social environment influence and sharpen the behavioral pathways that distinguish our individuality. In turn, we seek to manipulate those environments we are drawn to and that help shape our individuality.
Drawing from over a half-century of teaching and writing on personality, Buss masterfully summarizes key theories and recent advances in the study of temperament, the self, and abnormal behavior and style, which are critical dimensions in understanding personality and individual differences.
Drawing from over a half-century of teaching and writing on personality, Buss masterfully summarizes key theories and recent advances in the study of temperament, the self, and abnormal behavior and style, which are critical dimensions in understanding personality and individual differences.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4338-1031-2 (9781433810312)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Arnold H. Buss, PhD, is professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, where he has also been head of the Personality Graduate Program ( 9 9 amp ndash 98 ) and head of the Graduate Clinical Training Program ( 99 amp ndash 992). Dr. Buss received his BA from New York University in 947 and his PhD from Indiana University in 952.
Before joining the UT Psychology Department's faculty in 9 9, Dr. Buss was an instructor at the University of Iowa ( 95 amp ndash 952), chief psychologist at Indianapolis's Carter Hospital ( 952 amp ndash 957), and professor at the University of Pittsburgh ( 957 amp ndash 9 5) and Rutgers University ( 9 5 amp ndash 9 9). He received his diplomate in clinical psychology in 95 .
Dr. Buss is the author or coauthor of close to a dozen books on psychology and personality, including The Psychology of Aggression ( 9 ), Self-Consciousness and Social Anxiety ( 98 ), Social Behavior and Personality ( 98 ), and Psychological Dimensions of the Self (2 ). He has published nearly professional journal articles and chapters in edited volumes on aggression, temperament, self-consciousness, and shyness.
Before joining the UT Psychology Department's faculty in 9 9, Dr. Buss was an instructor at the University of Iowa ( 95 amp ndash 952), chief psychologist at Indianapolis's Carter Hospital ( 952 amp ndash 957), and professor at the University of Pittsburgh ( 957 amp ndash 9 5) and Rutgers University ( 9 5 amp ndash 9 9). He received his diplomate in clinical psychology in 95 .
Dr. Buss is the author or coauthor of close to a dozen books on psychology and personality, including The Psychology of Aggression ( 9 ), Self-Consciousness and Social Anxiety ( 98 ), Social Behavior and Personality ( 98 ), and Psychological Dimensions of the Self (2 ). He has published nearly professional journal articles and chapters in edited volumes on aggression, temperament, self-consciousness, and shyness.
Content
Introduction
I. Theory
Evolution
Development
II. Temperament and Other Personality Traits
Temperament I: Activity and Emotionality
Temperament II: Sociability and Impulsiveness
Later-Developing Traits: Sensation Seeking, Aggression, and Dominance
III. The Self
Self I: Self-Consciousness
Self II: Self-Esteem and Identity
IV. Dimensions
Personality and Abnormality
Style
Epilogue
References
Index
About the Author
I. Theory
Evolution
Development
II. Temperament and Other Personality Traits
Temperament I: Activity and Emotionality
Temperament II: Sociability and Impulsiveness
Later-Developing Traits: Sensation Seeking, Aggression, and Dominance
III. The Self
Self I: Self-Consciousness
Self II: Self-Esteem and Identity
IV. Dimensions
Personality and Abnormality
Style
Epilogue
References
Index
About the Author