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Personality

A Systems Approach

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Personality

A Systems Approach

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Personality: A Systems Approach offers the most contemporary, integrated approach to the study of personality by viewing personality as a system of interacting parts. Rather than treating theories in isolation, it provides an introduction to the personality system and its study, followed by a focus on its parts, personality organization and personality development. It also integrates research of historical significance and contemporary works that have earned empirical support and forges clear connections to other subfields of psychology. The book's systems approach supports a better understanding of emerging trends in personality research and shows how motives, emotion, cognition, self and development work together. In this third edition, John D. Mayer, joined by co-authors Michael A. Faber and Carolyn Morgan, incorporates new research, refreshed case examples and new coverage of AI and technology in relation to personality.

Now in full colour and supported by a range of pedagogical features, including new learning objectives and visual material to aid learning and engagement. This is an essential text for undergraduate and graduate psychology courses on personality.

A comprehensive companion website with quizzes, flashcards and additional resources is available at bloomsbury.pub/personality-3e

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Table of Contents

Part 1: Examining Personality
Chapter 1: What Is Personality?
Chapter 2: Research in Personality Psychology
Chapter 3: Perspectives on Personality
Part 2: Parts of Personality
Chapter 4: Motivation and Emotion
Chapter 5: Interior Selves; Interior Worlds
Chapter 6: Mental Abilities and Navigating the World
Chapter 7: The Conscious Self
Part 3: Personality Organization
Chapter 8: How the Parts of Personality Fit Together
Chapter 9: Dynamics of Action
Chapter 10: Dynamics of Self-Control
Part 4: Personality Development
Chapter 11: Personality Development in Childhood and Adolescence
Chapter 12: Personality Development in Adulthood

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published Apr 01 2027
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 3rd
Pages 464
ISBN 9798216377474
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 16 images, 55 figures, 55 tables
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

John D. Mayer

John D. Mayer is Professor of Psychology at the Un…

Author

Michael A. Faber

Michael A. Faber is Assistant Professor of Psychol…

Author

Carolyn Morgan

Carolyn Morgan is Professor Emeritus of Psychology…

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