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Year: 2,019
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Edition: 8th
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Pages: 671
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Pages In File: 1,820
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Language: English
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Topic: 198
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Toc: Cover......Page 2Publisher’s Notice......Page 3Halftitle......Page 4Title......Page 5Copyright......Page 6Dedication......Page 8About the Author......Page 9Quotes......Page 11Contents in Brief......Page 12Contents......Page 16Preface......Page 38Chapter 1: The Study of the Person......Page 59The Goals of Personality Psychology......Page 68The Plan of This Book......Page 84Pigeonholing Versus Appreciation of Individual Differences......Page 90Wrapping It Up......Page 92Part I: The Science of Personality: Methods and Assessment......Page 99Chapter 2: Personality Research Methods......Page 104Psychology’s Emphasis on Method......Page 109Personality Data......Page 115Research Design......Page 162Conclusion......Page 174Wrapping It Up......Page 175Chapter 3: Personality Assessment: Effect Size, Replicability, and Open Science......Page 188Personality Assessment......Page 193The Business of Testing......Page 194Personality Tests......Page 197Evaluating Assessment and Research......Page 222Ethical Issues......Page 240Conclusion......Page 251Wrapping It Up......Page 252Part II: How People Differ: The Trait Approach......Page 264Chapter 4: Persons and Situations......Page 269The Trait Approach......Page 275People Are Inconsistent......Page 278The Person-Situation Debate......Page 281Personality and Life......Page 313Persons and Situations......Page 317People Are Different......Page 324Wrapping It Up......Page 326Chapter 5: Personality Judgment......Page 335Consequences of Everyday Judgments of Personality......Page 341The Accuracy of Personality Judgment......Page 351Accurate Self-Knowledge......Page 384Accuracy Matters......Page 395Wrapping It Up......Page 396Chapter 6: Traits and Types: The Big Five and Beyond......Page 403Four Ways to Study Personality......Page 410The Single-Trait Approach......Page 415The Many-Trait Approach......Page 433The Essential-Trait Approach......Page 448Typological Approaches to Personality......Page 470From Assessment to Understanding......Page 478Wrapping It Up......Page 479Chapter 7: Personality Stability, Development, and Change......Page 489Personality Stability......Page 496Personality Development......Page 510Personality Change......Page 528Principles of Personality Continuity and