The Cognitive Foundations of Personality Traits
Hardly anything in psychology is as irking as the trait concept. Psychologists and laypersons alike use primarily adjective trait-names to characterize and even concep tualize the individuals they encounter. There are more than a hundred well-defined personality traits and a great many questionnair...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1990, 1990
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1990 |
| Series: | Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Traits: The Embattled Concept
- 2. Toward a Solution
- 3. The Trait and Its Constituents
- 4. Trait Dynamics
- 5. Characteristics of the Trait Pattern
- 6. A Methodological Interlude
- 7. The Answers: A Summary of Contributions
- 8. Traits and Human Behavior
- 9. Studies on Traits
- 10. Assessment of Personality Traits
- 11. Identifying Personality Traits
- 12. Characterizing Trait Scales and Factors
- 13. Meaning-Based Validation of Personality Traits
- Postscript
- Appendixes
- Appendix A. The Meaning Variables: List and Code
- Appendix B. Summary of Manifestations of Meaning Variables
- Appendix C. General Instructions for Coding the Meaning Questionnaire
- References