Appropriate for personality courses offered in second or third year in psychology departments at universities across Canada.
This text offers a mainstream, theorist by theorist approach to the study of “personality psychology”. It presents a balance between theory and research. This Canadian adaptation is geared for personality course that emphasize theory, research, or both, giving students and instructors a text that is rich in Canadian content and examples, as well as the latest Canadian research.
This widely adopted introduction to theories of personality summarizes the major theories of personality and assumes that the best understanding of personality derives from a variety of viewpoints.