Cover

Introduction and Authorship

Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Introduction to Personality Theory and Development

Section 1: Introduction to Personality

Section 2: Major Theoretical Approaches

Chapter 2

Personality Research and Assessment

Section 1: Gaining Knowledge through Research

Section 2: Experimental Methods

Section 3: Types of Research

Section 4: Analyzing Research Results

Section 5: Introduction to Assessment

Section 6: Assessment Theories

Section 7: Analyzing Assessment Techniques

Chapter 3

Biological Components of Personality

Section 1: Introduction to Biological Theory

Section 2: Hans Eysenck's Structure of Personality

Section 3: Temperament and Personality

Section 4: Biological Theory: Research and Trends 

Chapter 4

Psychoanalytic Theory

Section 1: Sigmund Freud's View of Personality

Section 2: Drives, Structural and Topographical Models

Section 3: Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development

Section 4: Freud's Ego Defense Mechanisms 

Chapter 5

Psychodynamic and Neo-Freudian Theories

Section 1: Introduction to Neo-Freudian Theory

Section 2: Alfred Adler's Individual Psychology

Section 3: Carl Jung's Analytic Psychology

Section 4: Erik Erikson's Ego Psychology

Section 5: Karen Horney's Feminine Psychology

Section 6: Harry Stack Sullivan

Section 7: Erich Fromm

Chapter 6

Psychodynamic Assessment

Section 1: Introduction to Psychodynamic Assessment

Section 2: Theory Behind Projective Tests

Section 3: Specific Projective Tests

Chapter 7

Trait Theory

Section 1: Introduction to Trait Theory

Section 2: Gordon Allport, The Original Trait Theorist

Section 3: Henry Murray and the TAT

Section 4: Raymond Cattell and the 16PF

Section 5: Application of Trait Theory

Chapter 8

Learning Theory

Section 1: Introduction to Learning Theory and Behavioral Psychology

Section 2: Classical and Operant Conditioning

Section 3: Reinforcement and Reinforcement Schedules

Section 4: Social Learning Theory

Section 5: Social-Cognitive Theory

Chapter 9

Behavioral Theory Applications and Research

Section 1: From Theory to Practical Application

Section 2: Behavior Modification

Section 3: Learned Helplessness

Section 4: Limits of Behavioral Theory

Chapter 10

Humanistic Theory

Section 1: Introduction to Humanistic Theory

Section 2: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Section 3: Carl Rogers and the Client-Centered Approach

Section 4: Research on Humanistic Theory

Chapter 11

Cognitive Theory

Section 1: Introduction to Cognitive Theory

Section 2: George Kelly and the Fundamental Postulate

Section 3: Albert Ellis and the A-B-C's

Section 4: Application of Cognitive Theory

Chapter 12

Disorders, Application, and Trends

Section 1: Changing Personality

Section 2: Personality Disorders

Section 3: Application of Theory to Practice

Section 4: Personality Trends