Personality and Individual Differences
1st Edition
Published on 12. May 2011
296 pages
978-0-85725-214-2 (ISBN)
Description
This accessible introductory text covers core domains of variation in individual differences: the history, philosophy and methods used in individual differences psychology, personality, intellect, affect and the self. It provides concise and focused coverage of the central concepts, research and debates in this key area, while developing students' higher level skills. Activities help readers build the underpinning generic critical thinking and transferable skills they need to become independent learners, and to meet the requirements of their programme of study.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Sage Publications Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-0-85725-214-2 (9780857252142)
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Bere Mahoney
Personality and Individual Differences
Book
05/2011
1st Edition
Learning Matters Ltd
€87.40
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Person
Dr Bere Mahoney is a Chartered Psychologist and Chartered Scientist with over 10 years experience of lecturing on individual differences at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She has been involved in the design and redesign of undergraduate university courses to ensure coverage of core areas and benchmark knowledge and skills for psychology at a number of UK universities, and acts as external examiner for a number undergraduate psychology programmes in the UK. She has published research on individual differences in social perceptions of criminality, and ageing, in addition to work on psychology undergraduates beliefs about the subject, its goals and ways of studying. Current research projects include the links between individual differences, disordered eating and fear of aging, the characteristics of victims of carious crime types, and lay theories of urban regeneration and well-being.
Content
Acknowledgements
Series editor's introduction
Individual differences: aims, methods and ethics
Personality
Personality and physical health
Atypical personality traits and mental health
Cultural and sex differences in personality
The structure and determinants of intelligence
The use of intellectual ability tests
Motivation
Conclusions: the future of individual differences psychology
Glossary
References
Index
Series editor's introduction
Individual differences: aims, methods and ethics
Personality
Personality and physical health
Atypical personality traits and mental health
Cultural and sex differences in personality
The structure and determinants of intelligence
The use of intellectual ability tests
Motivation
Conclusions: the future of individual differences psychology
Glossary
References
Index
