AllPsych is pleased to introduce Personality Theory: An Introduction. Personality Theory is a twelve-chapter synopsis of Personality Theory, Development, Psychopathology, Treatment and Change.
Written with both the student and professor in mind, this text is meant to supplement the education provided at the college level. It is also aimed at facilitating learning for non-students interested in gaining knowledge about psychology and personality.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Personality Theory and Development
- Chapter 1: Section 1: Introduction to Personality Theory and Development
- Chapter 1: Section 2: Major Theoretical Approaches
Chapter 2: Personality Research and Assessment
- Chapter 2: Section 1: Personality Research and Assessment
- Chapter 2: Section 2: Experimental Methods
- Chapter 2: Section 3: Types of Research
- Chapter 2: Section 4: Analyzing Research Results
- Chapter 2: Section 5: Introduction to Assessment
- Chapter 2: Section 6: Assessment Theories
- Chapter 2: Section 7: Analyzing Assessment Techniques
Chapter 3: Biological Components of Personality
- Chapter 3: Section 1: Biological Components of Personality
- Chapter 3: Section 2: Hans Eysenck’s Structure of Personality
- Chapter 3: Section 3: Temperament and Personality
- Chapter 3: Section 4: Biological Theory : Research and Trends
Chapter 4: Psychoanalytic Theory
- Chapter 4: Section 1: Psychoanalytic Theory
- Chapter 4: Section 2: Drives, Structural and Topographical Models
- Chapter 4: Section 3: Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development
- Chapter 4: Section 4: Freud’s Ego Defense Mechanisms
Chapter 5: Psychodynamic and Neo-Freudian Theories
- Chapter 5: Section 1: Psychodynamic and Neo-Freudian Theories
- Chapter 5: Section 2: Alfred Adler’s Individual Psychology
- Chapter 5: Section 3: Carl Jung’s Analytic Psychology
- Chapter 5: Section 4: Erik Erikson’s Ego Psychology
- Chapter 5: Section 5: Karen Horney’s Feminine Psychology
- Chapter 5: Section 6: Harry Stack Sullivan
- Chapter 5: Section 7: Erich Fromm
Chapter 6: Psychodynamic Assessment
- Chapter 6: Section 1: Psychodynamic Assessment
- Chapter 6: Section 2: Theory Behind Projective Tests
- Chapter 6: Section 3: Specific Projective Tests
Chapter 7: Trait Theory
- Chapter 7: Section 1: Trait Theory
- Chapter 7: Section 2: Gordon Allport, The Original Trait Theorist
- Chapter 7: Section 3: Henry Murray and the TAT
- Chapter 7: Section 4: Raymond Cattell and the 16PF
- Chapter 7: Section 5: Application of Trait Theory
Chapter 8: Learning Theory
- Chapter 8: Learning Theory
- Chapter 8: Section 2: Classical and Operant Conditioning
- Chapter 8: Section 3: Reinforcement and Reinforcement Schedules
- Chapter 8: Section 4: Social Learning Theory
- Chapter 8: Section 5: Social-Cognitive Theory
Chapter 9: Behavioral Theory Applications and Research
- Chapter 9: Behavioral Theory Applications and Research
- Chapter 9: Section 2: Behavior Modification
- Chapter 9: Section 3: Learned Helplessness
- Chapter 9: Section 4: Limits of Behavioral Theory
Chapter 10: Humanistic Theory
- Chapter 10: Section 1: Humanistic Theory
- Chapter 10: Section 2: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
- Chapter 10: Section 3: Carl Rogers and the Client-Centered Approach
- Chapter 10: Section 4: Research on Humanistic Theory
Chapter 11: Cognitive Theory
- Chapter 11: Cognitive Theory
- Chapter 11: Section 2: George Kelly and the Fundamental Postulate
- Chapter 11: Section 3: Ellis and Rational Emotive Therapy
- Chapter 11: Section 4: Application of Cognitive Theory