Taking sides. Clashing views in personality psychology / selected, edited, and with introductions by Laurel C. Newman [and] Randy J. Larsen

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Taking sidesPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2011Description: xxvi, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780078050008 (pbk.)
0078050006 (pbk.)

Other title:

Clashing views in personality psychology
Personality psychology

Subject(s):

Personality

Contents:

Personality traits -- Biological bases of personality -- Emotion -- Cognitive and psychoanalytic -- Relationships -- Contemporary topics

Summary: This debate style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in abnormal psychology. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading psychologists and researchers, reflect a variety of viewpoints and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate framework. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript or challenge questions. "Taking Sides" readers feature an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites. An online Instructor's Resource Guide with testing material is available for each volume

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Open Shelf	UMPLIB PEKAN	BF698 .T35 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0000064902

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Personality traits -- Biological bases of personality -- Emotion -- Cognitive and psychoanalytic -- Relationships -- Contemporary topics

This debate style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in abnormal psychology. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading psychologists and researchers, reflect a variety of viewpoints and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate framework. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript or challenge questions. "Taking Sides" readers feature an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites. An online Instructor's Resource Guide with testing material is available for each volume