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This first edition of Personality Psychology is a locally developed text for undergraduate students studying personality psychology as part of a psychology degree in South Africa. Its fifteen chapters offer broad coverage of the range of theories prevalent in the past and present study of personality, enabling nuanced responses to questions such as those posed above.

This first edition of Personality Psychology is a locally developed text for undergraduate students studying personality psychology as part of a psychology degree in South Africa. Its fifteen chapters offer broad coverage of the range of theories prevalent in the past and present study of personality, enabling nuanced responses to questions such as those posed above.

Part 1: The context of personality psychology
1What is personality psychology?
2A South African historical context of personality psychology
3African perspectives of personality psychology
4Research methods in personality psychology
Part 2: Theories of personality psychology
5Psychoanalysis and personality
6Neo-analytic thinkers
7Behavioural and learning theory perspectives of personality
8Cognitive- based theories of personality
9A humanistic-phenomenological view of personality psychology
10Personality trait psychology
11Evolutionary psychology and personality
12Biological basis of personality
Part 3: The practice of personality psychology
13Neuropsychological correlates of personality
14Personality assessment
15Personality and psychotherapy
Students of undergraduate psychology courses in SA, most likely at years 1 or 2 of their undergraduate studies.
  • Personality Psychology



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