Personality Puzzle Book

The Personality Puzzle offers everything students need to gain a sure understanding of personality psychologyâ??balanced coverage of classic and contemporary theories, accessible organization and pedagogyâ??and the lively, often humorous prose of experienced teacher David Funder.Organized around the field's major domains/paradigmsâ??trait, biological, psychoanalytic, humanistic and crosscultural, and cognitive and learningâ??the text outlines the foundations of personality psychology and emphasizes the significance of contemporary research. A new capstone chapter on personality disorders synthesizes these domains/paradigms. The Fourth Edition adds a new chapter on cognition and the self, new coverage of the "Big Five" personality traits and of personality in a developmental context, and a new Student Website to enable effective study and review. Read More