Includes biographical sketches of theorists and accounts of the stories behind influential research programs that help students understand how classic and contemporary findings relate to each other, and reinforce the idea that theory and research perpetuate one another.
Includes biographical sketches of theorists and accounts of the stories behind influential research programs that help students understand how classic and contemporary findings relate to each other, and reinforce the idea that theory and research perpetuate one another.
The respected and recognized best seller in the market, Jerry Burger's PERSONALITY is a solid mid-level book that fuses the best of theory-based and research-based instruction to give students an illuminating introduction to the subject. Burger pairs 'theory, application, and assessment' chapters with chapters that describe the research programs aligned with every major theoretical approach. Biographical sketches of theorists and accounts of the stories behind influential research programs help students understand how classic and contemporary findings relate to each other, and reinforce the idea that theory and research perpetuate one another. In-book self-assessments promote students' interaction with the material.
Jerry M. Burger is a professor of Psychology at Santa Clara University. He is the author of dozens of journal articles and book chapters, as well as the book DESIRE FOR CONTROL: PERSONALITY, SOCIAL AND CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES (1992). He has been on the editorial board of the JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY and the PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN, and has served as an associate editor for the "Personality Processes and Individual Difference' section of the JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. Burger continues to teach this course, and his book reflects his many years of teaching experi
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