Eric Shiraev 
Personality [EPUB ebook] 
Theories and Applications

Personality: Theories and Applications takes an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approach to the study of personality. Author Eric Shiraev structures the text around three questions: What are the basic ideas and facts that we focus on? How do we study these ideas and facts? How do we apply them? Students will benefit from a deeper understanding of personality as they navigate a wide range of theories, empirical studies, and thought-provoking exercises, fostering enhanced critical thinking and knowledge. The
Second Edition includes a new chapter on the digital domain of personality, incorporates the latest findings from the fields of behavioral economics and neuroscience, and offers expanded coverage of LGBTQ+ issues, including prejudice and cultural stereotypes.




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Part I. Foundations

Chapter 1 Introducing Personality

Chapter 2 Scientific Foundations to Study Personality

Chapter 3 Research Methods

Part II. Psychological Traditions

Chapter 4 Psychoanalytic Tradition

Chapter 5 The Behavioral-Learning Tradition

Chapter 6 The Trait Tradition

Chapter 7 The Cognitive Tradition

Chapter 8 The Humanistic Tradition

Part III. Personality Domains

Chapter 9 The Developmental Domain

Chapter 10 The Gender Domain

Chapter 11 The Clinical Domain

Chapter 12 Personality: The Adjustment Domain

Chapter 13 The Digital Domain

Part IV. Conclusion

Chapter 14 Personality Psychology in the 2030s

Over de auteur

Eric B. Shiraev is a professor and researcher at George Mason University. He received his Ph D in political psychology from St Petersburg University, Russia, and completed a post-doctoral program at University of California, Los Angeles. He has extensive teaching and research experience at a number of distinguished universities both in the United States and abroad. Shiraev is the author, co-author, and/or co-editor of fourteen books and numerous publications in the fields of cross-cultural psychology, political psychology, and comparative studies. In addition to his teaching and scholarly pursuits, he also writes opinion essays for think-tanks, nongovernment organizations, and the media. Shiraev’s research interests include: history of science, comparative history of psychology, cross-cultural psychology, historical theories of abnormal behavior, political psychology, folk beliefs, scientific foundations of spirituality, and psychology of social adjustment and immigration.