Personality Traits by GERALD MATTHEWS,IAN J. DEARY,MARTHA C. WHITEMAN

By GERALD MATTHEWS,IAN J. DEARY,MARTHA C. WHITEMAN

Now in its 3rd version, this dynamic textbook analyses the qualities basic to human character: what they're, why they topic, their organic and social foundations, how they play out in human existence and their effects for cognition, rigidity and actual and psychological future health. The textual content additionally considers the purposes of character evaluation in scientific, academic and occupational settings, offering the reader with a close knowing of the entire box of character characteristics. This variation, now with more desirable scholar beneficial properties, contains the newest learn from behavioural genetics, neuroscience, social psychology and cognitive technology, assesses the influence of recent examine strategies like mind imagery, and gives extra content material on gains of qualities and functional makes use of of character evaluate. this is often a necessary textbook for college kids taking classes in character and person ameliorations and in addition offers researchers and practitioners with a coherent, up to date survey of this important area.

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