Personality and Social Psychology / Towards a Synthesis - Sage Publications, 1992 - 278

This lucid and timely textbook presents a much-needed review and synthesis or recent developments in personality psychology. Acknowledgements, Persons and Situations: Cornerstones of Modern Personality Psychology, The Issue of Consistency in Personality: Sixty Years of Controversy, In Defense of Traits: (and Revised) Perspectives, Modern Interactionism: An Alternative Framework for Personality Research, Implementing the Interactionist Program: Three Exemplary Areas of Research, Improving Personality Measurement: The Nomothetic Road to the Study of Consistency, Personality Psychology is about Individuals: Rediscovering the Idiographic Legacy, The Role of the Situation in Personality Research, Personality Psychology in the Nineteens: An Outlook, References, Index.

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