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Personality traits

Title
Personality traits / Gerald Matthews, Ian J. Deary, Martha C. Whiteman.
Author
Matthews, Gerald.
Publication
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Additional Authors
  • Deary, Ian J.
  • Whiteman, Martha C.
Description
xxiv, 493 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Subject
  • Personality
  • Persoonlijkheid
  • Persoonlijkheidskenmerken
  • Personnalité
  • Charakter
  • Persönlichkeitspsychologie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-481) and indexes.
Contents
PART I: THE NATURE OF PERSONALITY TRAITS: The trait concept and personality theory -- Persons, situations, and interactionism -- Personality across the life span -- Stable traits and transient states -- Alternatives to the trait theory -- PART II: CAUSES OF PERSONALITY TRAITS: Genes, environments and personality traits -- The psychophysiology of traits -- The social psychology of traits -- PART III: CONSEQUENCES AND APPLICATIONS: Stress -- Traits and health -- Abnormal personality traits? -- Personality, performance and information processing -- Applications of personality assessment -- Conclusions.
ISBN
  • 0521831075
  • 9780521831079
  • 0521538246 (pbk.)
  • 9780521538244 (pbk.)
LCCN
2003046259
OCLC
  • ocm51937021
  • 51937021
  • SCSB-5671028
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Columbia University Libraries