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100 1 _aLougheed, Lin,
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245 1 0 _aWriting for the IELTS /
_cDr. Lin Lougheed.
246 3 _aBarron's Writing for the IELTS
246 3 _aWriting for the International English Language Testing System
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505 0 0 _tPREFACE, V
_tCHAPTER 1 PERSONALITY THEORY: FROM EVERYDAY OBSERVATIONS TO SYSTEMATIC THEORIES, 1
_tQUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 3
_tFIVE GOALS FOR THE PERSONALITY THEORIST, 4
_t1. Observation That Is Scientific, 4
_t2. Theory That Is Systematic, 5
_t3. Theory That Is Testable, 5
_t4. Theory That Is Comprehensive, 5
_t5. Applications: From Theory to Practice, 6
_tWHY STUDY PERSONALITY? 6
_tDEFINING PERSONALITY, 7
_tQUESTIONS ABOUT PERSONS: WHAT, HOW, AND WHY, 9
_tANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT PERSONS SCIENTIFICALLY: UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURES, PROCESSES, DEVELOPMENT, AND THERAPEUTIC CHANGE, 9
_tStructure, 9
_tUnits of Analysis, 10
_tHierarchy, 12
_tProcess, 12
_tGrowth and Development, 13
_tGenetic Determinants , 14
_tEnvironmental Determinants , 16
_tCulture, 18
_tSocial Class, 18
_tFamily, 19
_tPeers, 19
_tPsychopathology and Behavior Change, 19
_tIMPORTANT ISSUES IN PERSONALITY THEORY, 20
_tPhilosophical View of the Person, 20
_tInternal and External Determinants of Behavior, 21
_tConsistency across Situations and over Time, 21
_tThe Unity of Experience and Action and the Concept of Self, 23
_tVarying States of Awareness and the Concept of the Unconscious, 24
_tThe Influence of the Past, Present, and Future on Behavior, 24
_tCan We Have a Science of Personality? What Kind of a Science Can It Be? 25
_tEVALUATING PERSONALITY THEORIES, 26
_tTHE PERSONALITY THEORIES: AN INTRODUCTION, 27
_tThe Challenge of Constructing a Personality Theory, 27
_tThe Personality Theories: A Preliminary Sketch, 28
_tOn the Existence of Multiple Theories: Theories As Toolkits, 30
_tMAJOR CONCEPTS, 31
_tREVIEW, 32
_tCHAPTER 2 THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF PEOPLE, 33
_tQUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 34
_tTHE DATA OF PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY, 35
_tLots of Data, 36
_tHow Do Data from Different Sources Relate to One Another? 37
_tFixed Versus Flexible Measures, 39
_tPersonality and Brain Data, 40
_tPersonality Theory and Assessment , 41
_tGOALS OF RESEARCH: RELIABILITY, VALIDITY, ETHICAL BEHAVIOR, 43
_tReliability , 43
_tValidity, 43
_tThe Ethics of Research and Public Policy, 45
_tTHREE GENERAL STRATEGIES TO RESEARCH, 46
_tCase Studies, 46
_tCase Studies: An Example, 47
_tCorrelational Studies, 49
_tCorrelational Research: An Example, 50
_tExperiments, 52
_tExperimental Research: An Example, 54
_tEvaluating Alternative Research Approaches, 57
_tCase Studies and Clinical Research: Strengths and Limitations, 57
_tThe Use of Verbal Reports, 58
_tCorrelational Research and Questionnaires: Strengths and Limitations, 60
_tLaboratory, Experimental Research: Strengths and Limitations, 61
_tSummary of Strengths and Limitations, 63
_tPERSONALITY THEORY AND PERSONALITY RESEARCH, 64
_tPERSONALITY ASSESSMENT AND THE CASE OF JIM, 65
_tAutobiographical Sketch of Jim, 66
_tMAJOR CONCEPTS, 66
_tREVIEW, 67
_tCHAPTER 3 A PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY: FREUD'S PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY OF PERSONALITY, 69
_tQUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 70
_tSIGMUND FREUD (1856-1939): A VIEW OF THE THEORIST, 70
_tFREUD'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 72
_tThe Mind As an Energy System, 73
_tThe Individual in Society, 76
_tFREUD'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 76
_tFREUD'S PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY OF PERSONALITY, 77
_tStructure, 77
_tLevels of Consciousness and the Concept of the Unconscious, 78
_tDreams, 79
_tThe Motivated Unconscious, 80
_tRelevant Psychoanalytic Research, 80
_tCurrent Status of the Concept of the Unconscious, 83
_tThe Psychoanalytic Unconscious and the Cognitive Unconscious, 85
_tId, Ego, and Superego, 87
_tProcess, 90
_tLife and Death Instincts, 90
_tThe Dynamics of Functioning, 91
_tAnxiety, Mechanisms of Defense, and Contemporary Research on Defensive Processes, 92
_tDenial, 93
_tProjection, 94
_tIsolation, Reaction Formation, and Sublimation, 95
_tRepression, 96
_tGrowth and Development, 99
_tThe Development of the Instincts and Stages of Development, 99
_tErikson's Psychosocial Stages of Development, 104
_tThe Importance of Early Experience, 107
_tThe Development of Thinking Processes, 109
_tMAJOR CONCEPTS, 111
_tREVIEW, 112
_tCHAPTER 4 FREUD'S PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY: APPLICATIONS, RELATED THEORETICAL CONCEPTIONS, AND CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH, 113
_tQUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 114
_tPSYCHODYNAMIC PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT: PROJECTIVE TESTS, 115
_tThe Logic of Projective Tests, 115
_tThe Rorschach Inkblot Test, 116
_tThe Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), 119
_tProjective Tests: Do They Work? 120
_tPSYCHOPATHOLOGY, 122
_tPersonality Types, 122
_tConflict and Defense, 124
_tPSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGE, 125
_tInsights into the Unconscious: Free Association and Dream Interpretation, 126
_tThe Therapeutic Process: Transference, 126
_tA Case Example: Little Hans, 128
_tTHE CASE OF JIM, 132
_tRorschach and Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) Data, 132
_tComments on the Data, 134
_tRELATED THEORETICAL CONCEPTIONS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, 135
_tTwo Early Challenges to Freud: Adler and Jung, 135
_tAlfred Adler (1870-1937), 135
_tCarl G. Jung (1875-1961), 137
_tThe Cultural and Interpersonal Emphasis: Horney and Sullivan, 141
_tReinterpreting Motivational Forces, 141
_tKaren Horney (1885-1952), 141
_tHarry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949), 143
_tObject Relations, Self Psychology, and Attachment Theory, 144
_tObject Relations Theory, 144
_tSelf Psychology and Narcissism, 145
_tAttachment Theory, 147
_tAttachment Styles in Adulthood, 150
_tAttachment Types or Dimensions? 153
_tCRITICAL EVALUATION, 155
_tScientific Observation: The Database, 156
_tTheory: Systematic? 156
_tTheory: Testable? 157
_tTheory: Comprehensive? 157
_tApplications , 158
_tMajor Contributions and Summary, 158
_tMAJOR CONCEPTS, 160
_tREVIEW, 160
_tCHAPTER 5 A PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORY: CARL ROGERS'S PERSON-CENTERED THEORY OF PERSONALITY, 163
_tQUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 164
_tCARL R. ROGERS (1902-1987): A VIEW OF THE THEORIST, 165
_tROGERS'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 168
_tThe Subjectivity of Experience, 168
_tFeelings of Authenticity, 169
_tThe Positivity of Human Motivation, 169
_tA Phenomenological Perspective, 170
_tROGERS'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 170
_tTHE PERSONALITY THEORY OF CARL ROGERS, 171
_tStructure, 171
_tThe Self, 171
_tConfirming Pages, 172
_tMeasuring Self-Concept, 173
_tThe Q-Sort Technique, 173
_tThe Semantic Differential, 174
_tProcess, 176
_tSelf-Actualization, 177
_tSelf-Consistency and Congruence, 178
_tStates of Incongruence and Defensive Processes, 179
_tResearch on Self-Consistency and Congruence, 179
_tThe Need for Positive Regard, 182
_tGrowth and Development, 184
_tResearch on Parent-Child Relationships, 185
_tSocial Relations, Self-Actualization, and Well-Being Later in Life, 188
_tMAJOR CONCEPTS, 189
_tREVIEW, 190
_tCHAPTER 6 ROGERS'S PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORY: APPLICATIONS, RELATED THEORETICAL CONCEPTIONS, AND CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH, 191
_tQUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 193
_tCLINICAL APPLICATIONS, 193
_tPsychopathology, 193
_tSelf-Experience Discrepancy, 193
_tPsychological Change, 194
_tTherapeutic Conditions Necessary for Change, 195
_tOutcomes of Client-Centered Therapy, 198
_tPresence, 200
_tA CASE EXAMPLE: MRS. OAK, 201
_tTHE CASE OF JIM, 203
_tSemantic Differential: Phenomenological Theory, 203
_tComments on the Data, 204
_tRELATED THEORETICAL CONCEPTIONS, 205
_tThe Human Potential Movement, 205
_tAbraham H.
505 0 0 _tMaslow (1908-1970), 206
_tThe Positive Psychology Movement, 207
_tClassifying Human Strengths, 208
_tThe Virtues of Positive Emotions, 209
_tFlow, 209
_tExistentialism , 210
_tThe Existentialism of Sartre: Consciousness, Nothingness, Freedom, and Responsibility, 211
_tContemporary Experimental Existentialism, 213
_tRECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THEORY AND RESEARCH, 215
_tDiscrepancies among Parts of the Self, 215
_tFluctuations in Self-Esteem and Contingencies of Worth, 216
_tAuthenticity and Internally Motivated Goals, 217
_tCross-Cultural Research on the Self, 219
_tCultural Differences in the Self and the Need for Positive Self-Regard, 220
_tCRITICAL EVALUATION, 223
_tScientific Observation: The Database, 223
_tTheory: Systematic? 224
_tTheory: Testable? 224
_tTheory: Comprehensive? 225
_tApplications, 226
_tMajor Contributions and Summary, 226
_tMAJOR CONCEPTS, 227
_tREVIEW, 228
_tCHAPTER 7 TRAIT THEORIES OF PERSONALITY: ALLPORT, EYSENCK, AND CATTELL, 229
_tQUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 230
_tA VIEW OF THE TRAIT THEORISTS, 231
_tTRAIT THEORY'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 232
_tThe Trait Concept, 232
_tTRAIT THEORY'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 233
_tScientific Functions Served by Trait Constructs, 233
_tDescription, 233
_tPrediction, 234
_tExplanation, 234
_tTRAIT THEORIES OF PERSONALITY: BASIC PERSPECTIVES SHARED BY TRAIT THEORISTS, 235
_tTHE TRAIT THEORY OF GORDON W. ALLPORT (1897-1967), 236
_tTraits: Personality Structure in Allport's Theory, 237
_tFunctional Autonomy, 238
_tIdiographic Research, 239
_tComment on Allport, 240
_tIDENTIFYING PRIMARY TRAIT DIMENSIONS: FACTOR ANALYSIS, 240
_tTHE FACTOR-ANALYTIC TRAIT THEORY OF RAYMOND B. CATTELL (1905-1998), 243
_tSurface and Source Traits: Personality Structure in Cattell's Theory, 243
_tSources of Evidence: L-Data, Q-Data, and OT-Data, 244
_tStability and Variability in Behavior, 247
_tComment on Cattell, 247
_tTHE THREE-FACTOR THEORY OF HANS J. EYSENCK (1916-1997), 250
_t''Superfactors": Personality Structure in Eysenck's Theory, 251
_tMeasuring the Factors, 254
_tBiological Bases of Personality Traits, 255
_tExtraversion and Social Behavior, 257
_tPsychopathology and Behavior Change, 258
_tComment on Eysenck, 258
_tMAJOR CONCEPTS, 259
_tREVIEW, 260
_tCHAPTER 8 TRAIT THEORY: THE FIVE-FACTOR MODEL; APPLICATIONS AND EVALUATION OF TRAIT APPROACHES TO PERSONALITY, 261
_tQUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 262
_tTHE FIVE-FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY: RESEARCH EVIDENCE, 263
_tAnalysis of Trait Terms in Natural Language and in Questionnaires, 263
_tThe Fundamental Lexical Hypothesis, 267
_tCross-Cultural Research: Are the Big Five Dimensions Universal? 268
_tThe Big Five in Personality Questionnaires, 271
_tThe NEO-PI-R and Its Hierarchical Structure: Facets, 271
_tIntegration of Eysenck's and Cattell's Factors within the Big Five, 273
_tSelf-Ratings and Observer Ratings, 274
_tPROPOSED THEORETICAL MODEL FOR THE BIG FIVE, 275
_tGROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, 279
_tAge Differences Throughout Adulthood, 279
_tInitial Findings from Childhood and Adolescence, 282
_tStability and Change in Personality, 282
_tMAYBE WE MISSED ONE? THE SIX-FACTOR MODEL, 283
_tAPPLICATIONS OF THE BIG FIVE MODEL, 285
_tTHE CASE OF JIM, 288
_tFactor-Analytic Trait-Based Assessment, 288
_tPersonality Stability: Jim 5 and 20 Years Later, 289
_tSelf-Ratings and Ratings by Wife on the NEO-PI, 291
_tTHE PERSON-SITUATION CONTROVERSY, 292
_tCRITICAL EVALUATION, 295
_tScientific Observation: The Database, 296
_tTheory: Systematic? 296
_tTheory: Testable? 297
_tTheory: Comprehensive? 297
_tApplications, 298
_tMajor Contributions and Summary, 299
_tMAJOR CONCEPTS, 300
_tREVIEW, 300
_tCHAPTER 9 BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONALITY, 301
_tQUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 302
_tTEMPERAMENT, 303
_tConstitution and Temperament: Early Views, 304
_tConstitution and Temperament: Longitudinal Studies, 305
_tBiology, Temperament and Personality Development: Contemporary Research, 306
_tInhibited and Uninhibited Children: Research of Kagan and Colleagues , 306
_tInterpreting Data on Biology and Personality , 310
_tEffortful Control and the Development of Conscience, 311
_tEVOLUTION, EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY, AND PERSONALITY, 314
_tEvolutionary Psychology, 315
_tSocial Exchange and the Detection of Cheating, 317
_tSex Differences: Evolutionary Origins? , 318
_tMale-Female Mate Preferences , 319
_tCauses of Jealousy , 320
_tEvolutionary Origins of Sex Differences: How Strong Are the Data?, 321
_tGENES AND PERSONALITY, 323
_tBehavioral Genetics, 324
_tSelective Breeding Studies, 324
_tTwin Studies , 324
_tAdoption Studies , 326
_tHeritability Coefficient , 327
_tHeritability of Personality: Findings, 328
_tSome Caveats, 329
_tMolecular Genetic Paradigms, 330
_tEnvironments and Gene-Environment Interactions, 332
_tShared and Nonshared Environment , 332
_tUnderstanding Nonshared Environment Effects, 334
_tThree Kinds of Nature-Nurture Interactions, 335
_tMOOD, EMOTION, AND THE BRAIN, 336
_tLeft and Right Hemispheric Dominance, 336
_tNeurotransmitters and Temperament: Dopamine and Serotonin, 338
_tThree Dimensions of Temperament: PE, NE, and DvC, 339
_tPLASTICITY: BIOLOGY AS BOTH CAUSE AND EFFECT, 341
_tFrom Experience to Biology, 341
_tSocioeconomic Status of Communities and Serotonin, 343
_tNEUROSCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS OF "HIGHER-LEVEL" PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS, 344
_tBrain and Self, 347
_tBrain and Moral Judgment, 347
_tMAJOR CONCEPTS, 349
_tREVIEW, 350
_tCHAPTER 10 BEHAVIORISM AND THE LEARNING APPROACHES TO PERSONALITY, 351
_tQUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 352
_tBEHAVIORISM'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 353
_tBEHAVIORISM'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 354
_tEnvironmental Determinism and Its Implications for the Concept of Personality, 354
_tExperimentation, Observable Variables, and Simple Systems, 356
_tWATSON, PAVLOV, AND CLASSICAL CONDITIONING, 358
_tWatson's Behaviorism, 358
_tPavlov's Theory of Classical Conditioning, 360
_tPrinciples of Classical Conditioning, 360
_tPsychopathology and Change, 363
_tConditioned Emotional Reactions, 364
_tThe ''Unconditioning" of Fear of a Rabbit, 365
_tSystematic Desensitization, 366
_tA Reinterpretation of the Case of Little Hans, 368
_tRecent Developments, 369
_tSKINNER'S THEORY OF OPERANT CONDITIONING, 371
_tA View of the Theorist, 371
_tSkinner's Theory of Personality, 374
_tStructure, 374
_tProcess: Operant Conditioning, 375
_tGrowth and Development, 377
_tPsychopathology, 378
_tBehavioral Assessment, 379
_tBehavior Change, 381
_tFree Will? 382
_tCRITICAL EVALUATION, 383
_tScientific Observation: The Database, 384
_tTheory: Systematic? 384
_tTheory: Testable? 385
_tTheory: Comprehensive? 385
_tApplications, 386
_tMajor Contributions and Summary, 386
_tMAJOR CONCEPTS, 387
_tREVIEW, 388
_tCHAPTER 11 A COGNITIVE THEORY: GEORGE A. KELLY'S PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY OF PERSONALITY, 389
_tQUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 390
_tGEORGE A. KELLY (1905-1966): A VIEW OF THE THEORIST, 392
_tKELLY'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 393
_tKELLY'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 396
_tTHE PERSONALITY THEORY OF GEORGE A.
505 0 0 _tKELLY, 397
_tStructure, 397
_tConstructs and Their Interpersonal Consequences, 398
_tTypes of Constructs and the Construct System, 399
_tAssessment: The Role Construct Repertory (Rep) Test, 401
_tUnique Information Revealed by Personal Construct Testing, 403
_tCognitive Complexity/Simplicity, 403
_tProcess, 407
_tAnticipating Events, 407
_tAnxiety, Fear, and Threat, 410
_tGrowth and Development, 413
_tCLINICAL APPLICATIONS, 414
_tPsychopathology, 414
_tChange and Fixed-Role Therapy, 415
_tTHE CASE OF JIM, 417
_tRep Test: Personal Construct Theory, 417
_tComments on the Data, 419
_tRELATED POINTS OF VIEW AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, 419
_tCRITICAL EVALUATION, 420
_tScientific Observation: The Database, 420
_tTheory: Systematic? 421
_tTheory: Testable? 421
_tTheory: Comprehensive? 422
_tApplications, 423
_tMajor Contributions and Summary, 423
_tMAJOR CONCEPTS, 424
_tREVIEW, 425
_tCHAPTER 12 SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY: BANDURA AND MISCHEL, 427
_tQUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 428
_tRELATING SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY TO THE PREVIOUS THEORIES, 428
_tA VIEW OF THE THEORISTS, 429
_tAlbert Bandura (1925-), 429
_tWalter Mischel (1930-), 430
_tSOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY'S VIEW OF THE PERSON, 432
_tSOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY'S VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, 433
_tSOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY OF PERSONALITY: STRUCTURE, 433
_tCompetencies and Skills, 433
_tBeliefs and Expectancies, 434
_tThe Self and Self-Efficacy Beliefs, 436
_tSelf-Efficacy and Performance, 438
_tGoals, 441
_tEvaluative Standards, 442
_tThe Nature of Social-Cognitive Personality Structures, 444
_tSOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY OF PERSONALITY: PROCESS, 445
_tReciprocal Determinism, 445
_tPersonality As a Cognitive-Affective Processing System (CAPS), 446
_tSOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, 450
_tObservational Learning (Modeling), 450
_tAcquisition versus Performance, 452
_tVicarious Conditioning, 453
_tSelf-Regulation and Motivation, 455
_tSelf-Efficacy, Goals, and Self-Evaluative Reactions, 456
_tSelf-Control and Delay of Gratifi cation, 458
_tLearning Delay of Gratification Skills, 458
_tMischel's Delay of Gratification Paradigm, 460
_tSummary of the Social-Cognitive View of Growth and Development, 462
_tMAJOR CONCEPTS, 464
_tREVIEW, 464
_tCHAPTER 13 SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY: APPLICATIONS, RELATED THEORETICAL CONCEPTIONS, AND CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH, 467
_tQUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 468
_tCOGNITIVE COMPONENTS OF PERSONALITY: BELIEFS, GOALS, AND EVALUATIVE STANDARDS, 469
_tBeliefs about the Self and Self-Schemas, 469
_tSelf-Schemas and Reaction-Time Methods, 471
_tSelf-Based Motives and Motivated Information Processing, 474
_tLearning Versus Performance Goals, 476
_tCauses of Learning Versus Performance Goals: Implicit Theories, 478
_tStandards of Evaluation, 480
_tSelf-Standards, Self-Discrepancies, Emotion, and Motivation, 481
_tA ''General Principles" Approach to Personality, 484
_tPsychopathology and Change: Modeling, Self-Conceptions, and Perceived Self-Efficacy, 486
_tSelf-Efficacy, Anxiety, and Depression, 487
_tSelf-Efficacy and Health, 488
_tTherapeutic Change: Modeling and Guided Mastery, 489
_tSTRESS AND COPING, 494
_tEllis's Rational-Emotive Therapy, 496
_tBeck's Cognitive Therapy for Depression, 498
_tThe Cognitive Triad of Depression, 498
_tResearch on Faulty Cognitions, 498
_tCognitive Therapy, 499
_tTHE CASE OF JIM, 500
_tCRITICAL EVALUATION, 502
_tScientific Observation: The Database, 502
_tTheory: Systematic? 503
_tTheory: Testable? 503
_tTheory: Comprehensive? 503
_tApplications, 504
_tMajor Contributions and Summary, 505
_tMAJOR CONCEPTS, 505
_tREVIEW, 506
_tCHAPTER 14 PERSONALITY IN CONTEXT: INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, CULTURE, AND DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE COURSE OF LIFE, 507
_tQUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 509
_tINTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, 510
_tRejection Sensitivity, 510
_t''Hot" and ''Cool" Focus , 513
_tTransference in Interpersonal Relationships, 514
_tMEETING ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES: OPTIMISTIC STRATEGIES AND DEFENSIVE PESSIMISM, 516
_tPERSONALITY CONSISTENCY IN CONTEXT, 517
_tPERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT IN SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT, 520
_tCauses and Effects of Personality Attributes, 522
_tPERSONALITY FUNCTIONING ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN, 523
_tPsychological Resilience in the Later Years, 523
_tEmotional Life in Older Adulthood: Socioemotional Selectivity, 524
_tPERSONS IN CULTURES, 525
_tTwo Strategies for Thinking about Personality and Culture, 525
_tStrategy #1: Personality . . . and Culture? 525
_tStrategy #2: Culture and Personality, 527
_tPersonality and Self As Socially Constructed within Culture, 528
_tIndependent and Interdependent Views of Self, 529
_tPUTTING PERSONALITY IN CONTEXT INTO PRACTICE, 531
_tAssessing Personality in Context: A Case Study, 531
_tPersonality Processes in Context: Fostering Social Change, 536
_tSUMMARY, 538
_tMAJOR CONCEPTS, 538
_tREVIEW, 539
_tCHAPTER 15 ASSESSING PERSONALITY THEORY AND RESEARCH, 541
_tQUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER, 542
_tON STRUCTURES, PROCESSES, DEVELOPMENT, AND THERAPEUTIC CHANGE, 542
_tPersonality Structure, 542
_tProcess, 543
_tGrowth and Development, 545
_tPsychopathology and Change, 545
_tTHE CASE OF JIM, 548
_tHOW DID THEY DO? A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF PERSONALITY, 549
_tTheories and Research, 549
_tScientific Observation: The Database, 549
_tTheory: Systematic? 551
_tTheory: Testable? 552
_tTheory: Comprehensive? 552
_tApplications, 553
_tA FINAL SUMMING UP: THEORIES AS TOOLKITS, 554
_tREVIEW, 555
_tGLOSSARY, 557
_tREFERENCES, 567
_tNAME INDEX, 603
_tSUBJECT INDEX, 609
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