Personality
Theory and Research
13th Edition
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The 13th Edition of Cervone's Personality: Theory and Research significantly updates and expands on previous editions of this classic text. New to this edition, Personality and the Brain coverage throughout the text shows readers how cutting-edge advances in neuroscience inform all aspects of personality theory and research. Cervone and Pervins, 13th edition provides uniquely up-to-date coverage of contemporary personality science while continuing to ground the student in the field's classic, and contemporary, theoretical statements.
The 13th Edition of Cervone's Personality: Theory and Research significantly updates and expands on previous editions of this classic text. New to this edition, Personality and the Brain coverage throughout the text shows readers how cutting-edge advances in neuroscience inform all aspects of personality theory and research. Cervone and Pervins, 13th edition provides uniquely up-to-date coverage of contemporary personality science while continuing to ground the student in the field's classic, and contemporary, theoretical statements.
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Daniel Cervone is a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Lawrence A. Pervin is the author of Personality: Theory and Research, Binder Ready Version, 13th Edition, published by Wiley.
Content
PREFACE, V
CHAPTER 1 PERSONALITY THEORY: FROM EVERYDAY OBSERVATIONS TO SYSTEMATIC THEORIES, 1
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 2
FIVE GOALS FOR THE PERSONALITY THEORIST, 3
WHY STUDY PERSONALITY?, 5
DEFINING PERSONALITY, 6
QUESTIONS ABOUT PERSONS: WHAT, HOW, AND WHY, 7
ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT PERSONS SCIENTIFICALLY: UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURES, PROCESSES, DEVELOPMENT, AND THERAPEUTIC CHANGE, 8
IMPORTANT ISSUES IN PERSONALITY THEORY, 18
EVALUATING PERSONALITY THEORIES, 23
THE PERSONALITY THEORIES: AN INTRODUCTION, 24
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 28
REVIEW, 29
CHAPTER 2 THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF PEOPLE, 31
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 31
THE DATA OF PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY, 33
GOALS OF RESEARCH: RELIABILITY, VALIDITY, AND ETHICAL BEHAVIOR, 40
THREE GENERAL STRATEGIES OF RESEARCH, 42
PERSONALITY THEORY AND PERSONALITY RESEARCH, 55
PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT AND THE CASE OF JIM, 56
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 58
REVIEW, 58
CHAPTER 3 A PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY: FREUD'S PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY OF PERSONALITY, 59
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 59
SIGMUND FREUD (1856-1939): A VIEW OF THE THEORIST, 60
FREUD'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 62
FREUD'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 65
FREUD'S PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY OF PERSONALITY, 66
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 96
REVIEW, 97
CHAPTER 4 FREUD'S PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY: APPLICATIONS, RELATED THEORETICAL CONCEPTIONS, ANDCONTEMPORARY RESEARCH, 99
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 99
PSYCHODYNAMIC PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT: PROJECTIVE TESTS, 100
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, 106
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGE, 109
THE CASE OF JIM, 115
RELATED THEORETICAL CONCEPTIONS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, 119
CRITICAL EVALUATION, 136
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 140
REVIEW, 141
CHAPTER 5 A PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORY: CARL ROGERS'S PERSON-CENTERED THEORY OFPERSONALITY, 143
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 144
CARL R. ROGERS (1902-1987): A VIEW OF THE THEORIST, 144
ROGERS'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 146
ROGERS'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 149
THE PERSONALITY THEORY OF CARL ROGERS, 149
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 164
REVIEW, 165
CHAPTER 6 ROGERS'S PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORY: APPLICATIONS, RELATED THEORETICAL CONCEPTIONS,AND CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH, 167
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 168
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS, 168
THE CASE OF JIM, 175
RELATED THEORETICAL CONCEPTIONS, 177
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THEORY AND RESEARCH, 185
CRITICAL EVALUATION, 193
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 197
REVIEW, 197
CHAPTER 7 TRAIT THEORIES OF PERSONALITY: ALLPORT, EYSENCK, AND CATTELL, 199
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 200
A VIEW OF THE TRAIT THEORISTS, 200
TRAIT THEORY'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 201
TRAIT THEORY'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 202
TRAIT THEORIES OF PERSONALITY: BASIC PERSPECTIVES SHARED BY TRAIT THEORISTS, 204
THE TRAIT THEORY OF GORDON W. ALLPORT (1897-1967), 205
IDENTIFYING PRIMARY TRAIT DIMENSIONS: FACTOR ANALYSIS, 209
THE FACTOR-ANALYTIC TRAIT THEORY OF RAYMOND B. CATTELL (1905-1998), 211
THE THREE-FACTOR THEORY OF HANS J. EYSENCK (1916-1997), 216
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 225
REVIEW, 225
CHAPTER 8 TRAIT THEORY: THE FIVE-FACTOR MODEL-APPLICATIONS AND EVALUATION OF TRAITAPPROACHES TO PERSONALITY, 227
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 228
THE FIVE-FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY: RESEARCH EVIDENCE, 228
THE FIVE-FACTOR THEORY, 237
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, 242
MAYBE WE MISSED ONE? THE SIX-FACTOR MODEL, 244
APPLICATIONS OF THE BIG FIVE MODEL, 245
THE CASE OF JIM, 248
THE PERSON-SITUATION CONTROVERSY, 252
CRITICAL EVALUATION, 255
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 260
REVIEW, 260
CHAPTER 9 BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONALITY, 261
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 261
TEMPERAMENT, 263
EVOLUTION, EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY, AND PERSONALITY, 269
GENES AND PERSONALITY, 278
MOOD, EMOTION, AND THE BRAIN, 290
PLASTICITY: BIOLOGY AS BOTH CAUSE AND EFFECT, 295
NEUROSCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS OF "HIGHER-LEVEL" PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS, 296
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 297
REVIEW, 298
CHAPTER 10 BEHAVIORISM AND THE LEARNING APPROACHES TO PERSONALITY, 299
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 299
BEHAVIORISM'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 300
BEHAVIORISM'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 301
WATSON, PAVLOV, AND CLASSICAL CONDITIONING, 305
SKINNER'S THEORY OF OPERANT CONDITIONING, 317
CRITICAL EVALUATION, 328
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 332
REVIEW, 332
CHAPTER 11 A COGNITIVE THEORY: GEORGE A KELLY'S PERSONAL CONSTRUCTTHEORY OF PERSONALITY, 333
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 333
GEORGE A. KELLY (1905-1966): A VIEW OF THE THEORIST, 335
KELLY'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 336
KELLY'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 338
THE PERSONALITY THEORY OF GEORGE A. KELLY, 340
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS, 355
THE CASE OF JIM, 358
RELATED POINTS OF VIEW AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, 360
CRITICAL EVALUATION, 361
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 365
REVIEW, 365
CHAPTER 12 SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY: BANDURA AND MISCHEL, 367
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 367
RELATING SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY TO THE PREVIOUS THEORIES, 368
A VIEW OF THE THEORISTS, 369
SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 371
SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 372
SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY OF PERSONALITY: STRUCTURE, 372
SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY OF PERSONALITY: PROCESS, 383
SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, 387
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 401
REVIEW, 402
CHAPTER 13 SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY: APPLICATIONS, RELATED THEORETICAL CONCEPTIONS, AND CONTEMPORARYRESEARCH, 403
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 403
COGNITIVE COMPONENTS OF PERSONALITY: BELIEFS, GOALS, AND EVALUATIVE STANDARDS , 405
STRESS AND COPING, 425
THE CASE OF JIM, 431
CRITICAL EVALUATION, 433
MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUMMARY, 436
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 436
REVIEW, 436
CHAPTER 14 PERSONALITY IN CONTEXT: INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, CULTURE, AND DEVELOPMENT ACROSSTHE COURSE OF LIFE, 439
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 440
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, 441
MEETING ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES: OPTIMISTIC STRATEGIES AND DEFENSIVE PESSIMISM, 446
PERSONALITY CONSISTENCY IN CONTEXT, 447
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT IN SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT, 450
PERSONALITY FUNCTIONING ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN, 451
PERSONS IN CULTURES, 453
PUTTING PERSONALITY IN CONTEXT INTO PRACTICE, 458
SUMMARY, 464
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 465
REVIEW, 465
CHAPTER 15 ASSESSING PERSONALITY THEORY AND RESEARCH, 467
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 467
ON STRUCTURES, PROCESSES, DEVELOPMENT, AND THERAPEUTIC CHANGE, 467
THE CASE OF JIM, 473
HOW DID THEY DO? A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF PERSONALITY, 474
A FINAL SUMMING UP: THEORIES AS TOOLKITS, 479
REVIEW, 480
GLOSSARY, 481
REFERENCES, 489
NAME INDEX, 521
SUBJECT INDEX, 527
CHAPTER 1 PERSONALITY THEORY: FROM EVERYDAY OBSERVATIONS TO SYSTEMATIC THEORIES, 1
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 2
FIVE GOALS FOR THE PERSONALITY THEORIST, 3
WHY STUDY PERSONALITY?, 5
DEFINING PERSONALITY, 6
QUESTIONS ABOUT PERSONS: WHAT, HOW, AND WHY, 7
ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT PERSONS SCIENTIFICALLY: UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURES, PROCESSES, DEVELOPMENT, AND THERAPEUTIC CHANGE, 8
IMPORTANT ISSUES IN PERSONALITY THEORY, 18
EVALUATING PERSONALITY THEORIES, 23
THE PERSONALITY THEORIES: AN INTRODUCTION, 24
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 28
REVIEW, 29
CHAPTER 2 THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF PEOPLE, 31
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 31
THE DATA OF PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY, 33
GOALS OF RESEARCH: RELIABILITY, VALIDITY, AND ETHICAL BEHAVIOR, 40
THREE GENERAL STRATEGIES OF RESEARCH, 42
PERSONALITY THEORY AND PERSONALITY RESEARCH, 55
PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT AND THE CASE OF JIM, 56
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 58
REVIEW, 58
CHAPTER 3 A PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY: FREUD'S PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY OF PERSONALITY, 59
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 59
SIGMUND FREUD (1856-1939): A VIEW OF THE THEORIST, 60
FREUD'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 62
FREUD'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 65
FREUD'S PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY OF PERSONALITY, 66
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 96
REVIEW, 97
CHAPTER 4 FREUD'S PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY: APPLICATIONS, RELATED THEORETICAL CONCEPTIONS, ANDCONTEMPORARY RESEARCH, 99
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 99
PSYCHODYNAMIC PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT: PROJECTIVE TESTS, 100
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, 106
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGE, 109
THE CASE OF JIM, 115
RELATED THEORETICAL CONCEPTIONS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, 119
CRITICAL EVALUATION, 136
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 140
REVIEW, 141
CHAPTER 5 A PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORY: CARL ROGERS'S PERSON-CENTERED THEORY OFPERSONALITY, 143
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 144
CARL R. ROGERS (1902-1987): A VIEW OF THE THEORIST, 144
ROGERS'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 146
ROGERS'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 149
THE PERSONALITY THEORY OF CARL ROGERS, 149
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 164
REVIEW, 165
CHAPTER 6 ROGERS'S PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORY: APPLICATIONS, RELATED THEORETICAL CONCEPTIONS,AND CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH, 167
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 168
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS, 168
THE CASE OF JIM, 175
RELATED THEORETICAL CONCEPTIONS, 177
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THEORY AND RESEARCH, 185
CRITICAL EVALUATION, 193
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 197
REVIEW, 197
CHAPTER 7 TRAIT THEORIES OF PERSONALITY: ALLPORT, EYSENCK, AND CATTELL, 199
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 200
A VIEW OF THE TRAIT THEORISTS, 200
TRAIT THEORY'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 201
TRAIT THEORY'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 202
TRAIT THEORIES OF PERSONALITY: BASIC PERSPECTIVES SHARED BY TRAIT THEORISTS, 204
THE TRAIT THEORY OF GORDON W. ALLPORT (1897-1967), 205
IDENTIFYING PRIMARY TRAIT DIMENSIONS: FACTOR ANALYSIS, 209
THE FACTOR-ANALYTIC TRAIT THEORY OF RAYMOND B. CATTELL (1905-1998), 211
THE THREE-FACTOR THEORY OF HANS J. EYSENCK (1916-1997), 216
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 225
REVIEW, 225
CHAPTER 8 TRAIT THEORY: THE FIVE-FACTOR MODEL-APPLICATIONS AND EVALUATION OF TRAITAPPROACHES TO PERSONALITY, 227
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 228
THE FIVE-FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY: RESEARCH EVIDENCE, 228
THE FIVE-FACTOR THEORY, 237
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, 242
MAYBE WE MISSED ONE? THE SIX-FACTOR MODEL, 244
APPLICATIONS OF THE BIG FIVE MODEL, 245
THE CASE OF JIM, 248
THE PERSON-SITUATION CONTROVERSY, 252
CRITICAL EVALUATION, 255
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 260
REVIEW, 260
CHAPTER 9 BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONALITY, 261
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 261
TEMPERAMENT, 263
EVOLUTION, EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY, AND PERSONALITY, 269
GENES AND PERSONALITY, 278
MOOD, EMOTION, AND THE BRAIN, 290
PLASTICITY: BIOLOGY AS BOTH CAUSE AND EFFECT, 295
NEUROSCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS OF "HIGHER-LEVEL" PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS, 296
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 297
REVIEW, 298
CHAPTER 10 BEHAVIORISM AND THE LEARNING APPROACHES TO PERSONALITY, 299
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 299
BEHAVIORISM'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 300
BEHAVIORISM'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 301
WATSON, PAVLOV, AND CLASSICAL CONDITIONING, 305
SKINNER'S THEORY OF OPERANT CONDITIONING, 317
CRITICAL EVALUATION, 328
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 332
REVIEW, 332
CHAPTER 11 A COGNITIVE THEORY: GEORGE A KELLY'S PERSONAL CONSTRUCTTHEORY OF PERSONALITY, 333
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 333
GEORGE A. KELLY (1905-1966): A VIEW OF THE THEORIST, 335
KELLY'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 336
KELLY'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 338
THE PERSONALITY THEORY OF GEORGE A. KELLY, 340
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS, 355
THE CASE OF JIM, 358
RELATED POINTS OF VIEW AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, 360
CRITICAL EVALUATION, 361
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 365
REVIEW, 365
CHAPTER 12 SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY: BANDURA AND MISCHEL, 367
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 367
RELATING SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY TO THE PREVIOUS THEORIES, 368
A VIEW OF THE THEORISTS, 369
SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 371
SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 372
SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY OF PERSONALITY: STRUCTURE, 372
SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY OF PERSONALITY: PROCESS, 383
SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, 387
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 401
REVIEW, 402
CHAPTER 13 SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY: APPLICATIONS, RELATED THEORETICAL CONCEPTIONS, AND CONTEMPORARYRESEARCH, 403
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 403
COGNITIVE COMPONENTS OF PERSONALITY: BELIEFS, GOALS, AND EVALUATIVE STANDARDS , 405
STRESS AND COPING, 425
THE CASE OF JIM, 431
CRITICAL EVALUATION, 433
MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUMMARY, 436
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 436
REVIEW, 436
CHAPTER 14 PERSONALITY IN CONTEXT: INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, CULTURE, AND DEVELOPMENT ACROSSTHE COURSE OF LIFE, 439
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 440
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, 441
MEETING ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES: OPTIMISTIC STRATEGIES AND DEFENSIVE PESSIMISM, 446
PERSONALITY CONSISTENCY IN CONTEXT, 447
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT IN SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT, 450
PERSONALITY FUNCTIONING ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN, 451
PERSONS IN CULTURES, 453
PUTTING PERSONALITY IN CONTEXT INTO PRACTICE, 458
SUMMARY, 464
MAJOR CONCEPTS, 465
REVIEW, 465
CHAPTER 15 ASSESSING PERSONALITY THEORY AND RESEARCH, 467
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 467
ON STRUCTURES, PROCESSES, DEVELOPMENT, AND THERAPEUTIC CHANGE, 467
THE CASE OF JIM, 473
HOW DID THEY DO? A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF PERSONALITY, 474
A FINAL SUMMING UP: THEORIES AS TOOLKITS, 479
REVIEW, 480
GLOSSARY, 481
REFERENCES, 489
NAME INDEX, 521
SUBJECT INDEX, 527