Perspectives on personality

IN THIS SECTION:1.)  BRIEF2.)  COMPREHENSIVE BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 1: What Is Personality Psychology?Chapter 2: Methods in the Study of PersonalityChapter 3: Issues in Personality AssessmentChapter 4: The Trait PerspectiveChapter 5: The Motive PerspectiveChapter 6: Genetics, Evolution, and PersonalityChapter 7: Biological Processes and PersonalityChapter 8: The Psychoanalytic PerspectiveChapter 9: Psychosocial TheoriesChapter 10: The Learning PerspectiveChapter 11: Self-Actualization and Self-DeterminationChapter 12: The Cognitive PerspectiveChapter 13: The Self-Regulation PerspectiveChapter 14: Personality in Perspective: Overlap and Integration COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 1: What Is Personality Psychology?Defining PersonalityTheory in Personality PsychologyPerspectives on PersonalityOrganization within Chapters   Chapter 2: The Trait PerspectiveTypes and TraitsWhat Traits Matter?The Five-Factor Model: The Basic Dimensions of Personality?Reflections of the Five Factors in BehaviorRelations to Earlier Trait ModelsOther VariationsTraits, Situations, and InteractionismInteractionism becomes a New Trait View: Context-Dependent Expression of PersonalityAssessmentProblems in Behavior, and Behavior ChangeTrait Psychology: Problems and Prospects Chapter 3: The Motive PerspectiveBasic Theoretical ElementsNeeds, Motives, and PersonalityStudies of Specific Dispositional MotivesImplicit and Self-Attributed MotivesApproach and Avoidance MotivesMotives and the Five Factor Trait ModelPersonology and the Study of NarrativesAssessmentProblems in Behavior, and Behavior ChangeMotive Theories: Problems and Prospects Chapter 4: Genetics, Evolution, and PersonalityDetermining Genetic Influence on PersonalityWhat Personality Qualities are Genetically Influenced?New Approaches to Genetics and PersonalityEnvironmental EffectsEvolution and Human BehaviorAssessmentProblems in Behavior, and Behavior ChangeGenetics and Evolution: Problems and Prospects Chapter 5: Biological Processes and PersonalityEarly Ideas: Eysenck's Views on Brain FunctionsIncentive Approach SystemBehavioral Avoidance, or Withdrawal SystemRelating Approach and Avoidance Systems to Traits or TemperamentsA Third Dimension: Sensation Seeking, Constraint, and Effortful ControlHormones and PersonalityAssessmentProblems in Behavior, and Behavior ChangeBiological Processes and Personality: Problems and Prospects Chapter 6: The Psychoanalytic PerspectiveBasic ThemesThe Topographical Model of MindAspects of Personality: The Structural ModelMotivation: The Drives of PersonalityAnxiety and Mechanisms of DefensePsychosexual DevelopmentExposing the UnconsciousAssessment: Projective TechniquesProblems in Behavior, and Behavior ChangeThe Psychoanalytic Perspective: Problems and Prospects Chapter 7: Psychosocial TheoriesObject Relations TheoriesAttachment Theory and PersonalityErikson's Theory of Psychosocial DevelopmentAssessmentProblems in Behavior, and Behavior ChangePsychosocial Theories: Problems and Prospects Chapter 8: The Learning PerspectiveClassical ConditioningInstrumental ConditioningSocial and Cognitive VariationsObservational LearningModeling of Aggression and the Issue of Media ViolenceAssessmentProblems in Behavior, and Behavior ChangeThe Learning Prospective: Problems and Prospects Chapter 9: Self-Actualization and Self-DeterminationSelf-ActualizationSelf-DeterminationThe Self and Processes of DefenseSelf-Actualization and Maslow's Hierarchy of MotivesExistential Psychology: Being and DeathAssessmentProblems in Behavior, and Behavior ChangeSelf-Actualization and Self-Determination: Problems and Prospects Chapter 10: The Cognitive PerspectiveRepresenting Your Experience of the WorldActivation of MemoriesConnectionist Views of Mental OrganizationBroader Views on Cognition and PersonalityAssessmentProblems in Behavior, and Behavior ChangeThe Cognitive Perspective: Problems and Prospects Chapter 11: The Self-Regulation PerspectiveFrom Cognition to BehaviorSelf-Regulation and Feedback ControlFurther Themes in Self-RegulationAssessmentProblems in Behavior, and Behavior ChangeThe Self-Regulation Perspective: Problems and Prospects Chapter 12: Personality in Perspective: Overlap and IntegrationSimilarities among PerspectivesRecurrent Themes, Viewed from Different AnglesCombining PerspectivesWhich Theory is Best? Chapter 13: Methods in the Study of PersonalityGathering InformationEstablishing Relationships among Variables Chapter 14: Issues in Personality AssessmentSources of InformationReliability of MeasurementValidity of MeasurementTwo Rationales behind the Development of Assessment DevicesBetter Assessment: A Never-Ending Search