| Description |
1 online resource (1850 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Praise for The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences; Wiley-Blackwell Handbooks in Personality and Individual Differences; Title page; Copyright page; List of Plates; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Part I: Individual Differences An Up-to-Date Historical and Methodological Overview; 1 Individual Differences and Differential Psychology A Brief History and Prospect; 2 Methodological Advances in Differential Psychology; Part II: Intelligence and Personality Structure and Development; Section 1 Personality |
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Section 2 IntelligencePart III: Biological Causes of Individual Differences; 10 Behavior Genetics; 11 Molecular Genetic Aspects of Personality; 12 Understanding Human Intelligence by Imaging the Brain; 13 Evolutionary Psychology and Individual Differences; Part IV: Individual Differences and Real-World Outcomes; Section 1 Work; Section 2 Health, Longevity, and Death; Section 3 Society; Part V: Motivation and Vocational Interests; 21 Goal-Setting A State Theory, but Related to Traits; 22 Personality and Approaches to Learning; 23 Vocational Interests The Road Less Traveled |
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Part VI: Competence beyond IQSection 1 Special Abilities; Section 2 Relationships and Subjective Well-Being; Index; Plates |
| Summary |
The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of recent research, current perspectives, practical applications, and likely future developments in individual differences. Brings together the work of the top global researchers within the area of individual differences, including Philip L. Ackerman, Ian J. Deary, Ed Diener, Robert Hogan, Deniz S. Ones and Dean Keith SimontonCovers methodological, theoretical and paradigm changes in the area of individual differences. Individual chapters cover core areas of individual differences including personality and intelligence, biological causes of individual differences, and creativity and emotional intelligence |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Individual differences -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Personality -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Intellect -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Individual differences
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Intellect
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Personality
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Von Stumm, Sophie
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Furnham, Adrian
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| ISBN |
9781444343106 |
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1444343106 |
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