Personality and Individual Differences: A Natural Science Approach

Author:   Michael Eysenck ,  Prof Michael Eysenck (Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London)
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   1985 ed.
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9781461294702


Pages:   452
Publication Date:   09 February 2012
Format:   Paperback
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This book presents an introduction to the study of personality and indi­ vidual differences, but it is not a textbook in the usual sense. As we shall point out in some detail later, typically textbooks on personality and individual differences either deal with statistical and psychometric prob­ lems, methodology, and the technical issues of measurement, or else they present the different theories of personality associated with various authors such as Maslow, Cattell, Freud, Jung, Murray, Rogers, Rotter, or to whomever the various eponymous chapters may be dedicated. The the­ ories are presented, together with a brief mention of some empirical studies, but the student is not enlightened as to the weight to be given to the supporting evidence, nor is any comparison attempted between the different theories, formulating judgments regarding completeness, cri­ teria adopted, or validity in terms of experimental proof. It is small wonder that philosophers of science have concluded that the social sciences, unlike the ""hard"" sciences, suffer from the lack of a paradigm (Kuhn, 1970); this defect is more noticeable, perhaps, in the study of personality and individual differences than in any other part of psychology (except perhaps in clinical and abnormal psychology, where an equal lack of consensus rules).

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Author:   Michael Eysenck ,  Prof Michael Eysenck (Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London)
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   1985 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.652kg
ISBN:  

9781461294702


ISBN 10:   1461294703
Pages:   452
Publication Date:   09 February 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

One: Descriptive.- One The Scientific Description of Personality.- Two The Development of a Paradigm.- Three The Universality of P, E, and N.- Four Alternative Systems of Personality Description.- Five The Cognitive Dimension: Intelligence as a Component of Personality.- Six Summary and Conclusions.- Two: Causal.- Seven Theories of Personality and Performance.- Eight The Psychophysiology of Personality.- Nine Extraversion, Arousal, and Performance.- Ten Neuroticism, Anxiety, and Performance.- Eleven Social Behavior.- Three: Epilogue.- Twelve Is There a Paradigm in Personality Research?.- References and Bibliography.- Author Index.

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