Essential Personality

Description

This title aims to provide a clear, accessible and systematic introduction to the major theoretical approaches for the understanding of human personality. This introductory book assumes no prior knowledge of this core area in psychology and is written for students studying personality for the first time. Each chapter considers one or more of the major approaches to personality. For each approach, a brief biographical outline of the originating theorist is given. This is followed by clear and straightforward descriptions of the major aspects, and concludes with an evaluation section that addresses the "model" of humans underlying the approach, research evidence in support of the theory and questioning the theory. Discussion is also give to personality assessment and therapeutic applications of the theory or approach. The individual chapters provide fugures, diagrams and tables to give a clear understanding of theory and research, and at the end of each chapter, a summary and suggestions for further reading is provided. A glossary at the end of the book provides definitions and explanations of key items, concepts etc.

Donald Pennington is at Coventry University, and is Professor of Psychology and a Chartered Psychologist. He teaches Personality to undergraduate psychology students is the author of a number of psychology text books.