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The 7th edition of this trusted introduction to personality centers on the premise that personality theories are a reflection of the unique cultural background, family experiences, personalities, and professional training of their originators. The book begins by acquainting students with the meaning of personality and providing them with a solid foundation for understanding the nature of theory, as well as its crucial contributions to science. The chapters that follow present twenty-three major theories: coverage of each theory also encompasses a biographical sketch of each theorist, related research, and applications to real life. The primary focus of this revision was updating the theory chapters to reflect the most recent research.
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Psychology Theories of Personality 7th Edition Feist−Feist =>? McGraw-Hill McGraw−Hill Primis ISBN−10: 0−39−043533−3 ISBN−13: 978−0−39−043533−0 Text: Theories of Personality, Seventh Edition Feist−Feist This book was printed on recycled paper. Psychology http://www.primisonline.com Copyright ©2008 by The McGraw−Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher. This McGraw−Hill Primis text may include materials submitted to McGraw−Hill for publication by the instructor of this course. The instructor is solely responsible for the editorial content of such materials. 111 PSYCGEN ISBN−10: 0−39−043533−3 ISBN−13: 978−0−39−043533−0 Psychology Contents Feist−Feist • Theories of Personality, Seventh Edition Front Matter 2 Preface 2 I. Introduction 7 Introduction 1. Introduction to Personality Theory 7 8 II. Psychodynamic Theories 21 Introduction 2. Freud: Psychoanalysis 3. Adler: Individual Psychology 4. Jung: Analytical Psychology 5. Klein: Object Relations Theory 6. Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory 7. Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis 8. Sullivan: Interpersonal Theory 9. Erikson: Post−Freudian Theory 21 22 70 103 141 168 192 218 248 III. Humanistic/Existential Theories 279 Introduction 10. Maslow: Holistic Dynamic Theory 11. Rogers: Person−Centered Theory 12. May: Existential Psychology 279 280 314 347 IV. Dispositional Theories 379 Introduction 13. Allport: Psychology of the Individual 14. Eysenck, McCrae, and Costa’s Trait and Factor Theories 379 380 406 V. Learning Theories 445 Introduction 15. Skinner: Behavioral Analysis 16. Bandura: Social Cognitive Theory 17. Rotter and Mischel: Cognitive Social Learning Theory 18. Kelly: Psychology of Personal Constructs 445 446 483 515 553 iii Back Matter 581 References Glossary Photo Credits Name Index Subject Index 581 603 619 621 627 iv This page intentionally left blank 2 Feist−Feist: Theories of Personality, Seventh Edition Front Matter Preface © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2009 Preface What makes people behave as they do? Are people ordinarily aware of what they are doing, or are their behaviors the result of hidden, unconscious motives? Are some people naturally good and others basically evil? Or do all people have potential to be either good or evil? Is human conduct largely a product of nature, or is it shaped mostly by environmental influences? Can people freely choose to mold their personality, or are their lives determined by forces