Personality Psychology is an undergraduate textbook for
personality psychology: the study of individual differences, for
identifying ways in which people are both similar and different
and for explaining how they became that way. This book
introduces students to the basic foundations and latest findings
by presenting the fundamental questions, accumulated knowledge,
and latest findings in genetics, neuroscience, traits, self and
identity, intrapsychic aspects, regulation, motivation, and
cognition, as well as the integration across these areas.
Written with an approachable, story-telling style, the author
presents an evidence-based text with integrated culture
references and the key building blocks of the subject matter:
genetics, neuroscience, and cognition. Miserandino is an APA-
award winning teacher and has placed learning tools within each
chapter such as self-assessments that guide students into an
complete understanding throughout the text. Table of Contents IN
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