The Personality Puzzle - Hardcover

Funder, David C

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393979962 ISBN 13: 9780393979961

Publisher: W W NORTON & CO @, 2004

Synopsis

Widely applauded for its balance of classic and contemporary theories of personality psychology, The Personality Puzzle is now available in a Third Edition. Preserving the features that have set The Personality Puzzle apart—a sophisticated yet accessible approach, lively prose, and transparent analysis—the new edition has been meticulously updated in light of current studies, including evolutionary and cultural theory and behavioral genetics. The Third Edition also introduces an engaging collection of artwork, featuring cartoons from The New Yorker and Gary Larson's The Far Side. Written by one of the most important scholars working in the discipline today, and priced significantly lower than its competitors, The Personality Puzzle remains the foremost text for courses in personality psychology.

About this title

About the Author:

David C. Funder is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside. He is editor of the Journal of Research and Personalityand a former associate editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. He is best known for his research on personality judgment and has also published on the delay of gratification, attribution theory, and the longitudinal course of personality development.

Review:

A refreshing diversion from the traditional assembly-line approach of other textbook authors. -- D. Brett King, University of Colorado, Boulder

The author did a fine, balanced, careful job, and the writing is a pleasure. -- Drew Westen, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Hospital

About this edition

• Publisher: W W NORTON & CO @
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0393979962
• ISBN 13: 9780393979961
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 556