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CHAPTER 2: PERSONALITY

1. Define personality and identify major issues in the study of personality.
2. Summarize the psychodynamic perspectives.
3. Explain the behavioral and social cognitive perspectives.
4. Describe the humanistic perspectives.
5. Discuss the trait perspectives.
6. Characterize the main methods of personality assessment.



  • What Is Personality?
  • Psychodynamic Perspectives
    • Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory
    • Psychodynamic Revisionists
    • Evaluating Psychodynamic Perspectives
  • Behavioral and Social Cognitive Perspectives
    • Classical Conditioning
    • Skinner's Behaviorism
    • Social Cognitive Theory
    • Evaluating the Behavioral and Social Cognitive Perspectives
  • Humanistic Perspectives
    • Rogers' Approach
    • Maslow's Approach
    • Evaluating the Behavioral and Social Cognitive
  • Trait Perspectives
    • Trait Theories
    • Traits, Situations, and Culture
    • Evaluating Trait Perspectives
  • Personality Assessment
    • Types of Assessment
    • Projective Tests
    • Self-Report Tests
    • Behavioral and Cognitive Assessment





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