Beschreibung:
Written by one of the world's most eminent personality theorists, this book provides a simply written, comprehensive introduction to recent research about personality structure and the nature of individual differences. The Scientific Analysis of Personality offers the essence of Cattell's work on personality testing, reviewing the experimental, quantitative and statistical research which with the aid of the electronic computer is now producing remarkable new discoveries.
1: By What Methods Can Personality Be Studied? 2: The Formation of Personality by Environment and Heredity; 3: Personality Structure: The Larger Dimensions; 4: Further Traits, and Their Integration; 5: The Techniques of Objective Personality Measurement; 6: Finer Issues in Personality Measurement:States, Instruments, Roles; 7: The Main Features of Our Dynamic Structure; 8: The Clinical Measurement of Conflict and Maladjustment; 9: Analysis of the Concept of Integration of Personality; 10: The Development of Personality; 11: Personality Testing and the School Child; 12: Personality Measurement and the Solution of Some Social Problems