Perspectives on Personality

by Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier

For courses in Personality Psychology" An overview of personality psychology that brings various perspectives to life "Perspectives on Personality" describes a range of viewpoints that are used by personality psychologists today, and helps students understand how these viewpoints can be applied to their own lives. Authors Charles Carver and Michael Scheier dedicate a chapter to each major perspective, presenting an overview of the perspective s orienting assumptions and core themes and concluding with a discussion of problems within that theoretical viewpoint and predictions about its future prospects. The Eighth Edition incorporates several important recent developments in the field, including genetics and genomics and the biological underpinnings of impulsiveness. NOTE: This ISBN is for a Pearson Books a la Carte edition a convenient, three-hole-punched, loose-leaf text. In addition to the flexibility offered by this format, Books a la Carte editions offer students great value, as they cost significantly less than a bound textbook.

Genres: Psychology, School, Textbooks, Nonfiction

320 pages, Unbound

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Lauren McDonald · Rating 2 out of 5]

A great read for a great class, rating is only for my recommended books algorithm :)

[Mik]

gee those sure were a lot of perspectives on personality

this was probably the least dry textbook i've read in my 4 years of university lmao

[Brad Dunn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book a little strange. I read of for my Personality Psychology class and couldn't help but notice how much overlap there was in other units (and other textbooks). Kind of made me wonder why they have a whole dedicated unit to Personality and yet ignore other domains (like evolutionary psychology) which might warrant an entire textbook.

To be fair, it does cover personality perspectives across a bunch of domains, but I found much of the content just had so much overlap with other units, despite it trying to 'personality it up' a lot.
Easy to read and digest though, so no complaints really other than feeling it was a bit redundant.

[Lily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having done barely any non academic reading this year so including this out of spite 😁. Provides a range of psychological perspectives on personality and some interesting studies, overall a good read:)

[Brynn Land · Rating 3 out of 5]

Standard textbook, educational

[Aaron Wong]

Interesting insights on personality, and how it is related to growing-up experiences.

[Tayler K · Rating 2 out of 5]

Chapters 1-5, 8-15, 6, 7, 16, 17

[Kyara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simply insightful