Personality Classic Theories and Modern Research

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Overview of personality psychology combining classic theories with modern research. Covers major perspectives on personality, including psychoanalytic, biological, behaviorist, cognitive/social-cognitive, trait, humanistic/existential/positive, and person–situation interactionist approaches. Includes discussion of studying and assessing personality through measurement, reliability and construct validity, bias, and multiple assessment methods.

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Personality Classic Theories and Modern Research SIXTH EDITION Howard S. Friedman University of California, Riverside Miriam W. Schustack California State University, San Marcos Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York City San Francisco Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montréal Toronto Delhi Mexico City São Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo Editor-in-Chief: Ashley Dodge Managing Editor: Amber Mackey Program Manager: Carly Czech Project Manager: Barbara Mack Editorial Assistant: Casseia Lewis Senior Marketing Coordinator: Susan Osterlitz Editorial Project Manager: Janet Wehner, iEnergizer Aptara®, Ltd. Development Editor: Michele Callaghan, iEnergizer Aptara®, Ltd. Asset Development Project Management: LearningMate Solutions, Ltd. Senior Operations Supervisor: Mary Fischer Operations Specialist: Diane Peirano Associate Director of Design: Blair Brown Interior Design: Kathryn Foot Cover Director: Maria Lange Cover Project Manager: Heather Marshall, Lumina Datamatics, Inc. Cover Image: dan4/Getty Images Director of Digital Studio: Sacha Laustsen Digital Studio Project Manager: Liz Roden Hall Full-Service Project Management and Composition: Jogender Taneja, iEnergizer Aptara®, Ltd. Printer/Binder: R.R. Donnelley, Willard Cover Printer: Phoenix Color, Hagerstown Credits and acknowledgments borrowed from other sources and reproduced, with permission, in this textbook appear on pages 400–402 and are considered to be a part of this Copyright page. Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permissions, request forms and the appropriate contacts within the Pearson Education Global Rights & Permissions department, [please visit](please visit www.pearsoned.com/permissions)[ www.pearsoned.com/permissions](please visit www.pearsoned.com/permissions). Many of the designations by manufacturers and seller to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and the publisher was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in initial caps or all caps. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Friedman, Howard S. Personality : Classic Theories and Modern Research / Howard S. Friedman, Miriam W. Schustack.—Sixth edition. pages cm ISBN 978-0-205-99793-0—ISBN 0-205-99793-7 1. Personality. I. Schustack, Miriam W., 1952- II. Title. BF698 .F744 2016 155.2—dc23 2015014736 ISBN-10: 0-205-99793-7 ISBN-13: 978-0-205-99793-0 For Pearl and Bernard Friedman Ada Lillian and Walter L. Schustack Four striking p

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