Personality Science -- A Collection of Famous Works in Contemporary Psychological Science

Author: (American) Paul T. Pervin, translated by Zhou Rong et al.
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Publication Date: 2001-08-01
Features: The purpose of writing this book is to introduce students to the current state of the field of personality research, while also showing them the excitement and challenges that personality psychologists experience in their efforts to understand human beings. People are complex. No two people are the same. How can we grasp this complexity and diversity while expressing systematic general principles suitable for everyone? This is the essence of the challenge faced by personality psychologists. The research introduced in this book represents my personal view on how we currently accept this challenge, and it is also the focus of this textbook. At the same time, I strive to discuss some of the important theories popular in this field using relevant research, so that students can become familiar with them. When expressing my personal views at appropriate times and evaluating these attempts, I also strive to introduce different orientations fairly. Finally, although this book focuses on the work of scholars who identify themselves as personality psychologists, it also summarizes many studies by scholars who are considered social psychologists, developmental psychologists, or behavioral geneticists. This book introduces students to the current state of the field of personality research, while also showing them the excitement and challenges that personality psychologists experience in their efforts to understand human beings. The content of this book is comprehensive and has a strong emphasis on knowledge and theory.