Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Arnold H. Buss
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Imprint: Magination Press, (American Psychological Association)
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.639kg
ISBN: 9781433810312
ISBN 10: 143381031
Pages: 261
Publication Date: 15 August 2011
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
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.
