Personality, Individual Differences and Intelligence

Dr John Maltby is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Leicester.Dr Liz Day is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Sheffield Hallam University.Professor Ann Mackaskill is at Sheffield Hallam University.  She is a Chartered Health Psychologist and trained in cognitive behavioural therapy.

• PART 1 Personality 1 Personality Theory in Context   2 The Basis of the Psychoanalytic Approach to Personality   3 Developments of Freudian Theorising   4 Learning Theory Perspectives on Personality   5 Cognitive Personality Theories 6 Humanistic Personality Theories   7 The Trait Approach to Personality   8 Biological Basis of Personality I: Genetic Heritability of Personality and Biological and Physiological Models of Personality   9 Biological Basis of Personality II: Evolutionary Psychology and Animal Studies of Personality PART 2 Intelligence 10 An Introduction to Intelligence 11 Theories and Measurement of Intelligence 12 The Use of Intelligence Tests: What Questions Emerge from the Measurement of Intelligence? 13 Heritability and Socially Defined Race Differences in Intelligence 14 Intelligence and the Self: Emotional Intelligence, Creativity, and Sex Differences in Intelligence. 15 The Application of Personality and Intelligence in Education and the Workplace. PART 3 Applications in Individual Differences 16 Optimism 17 Irrational Beliefs 18 Embarrassment, Shyness and Social Anxiety 19 Interpersonal Relationships 20 Social Attitudes and Culture 21 Well-being and Personality Disorders 22 Individual Differences in Health and Illness 23 An Introduction to Psychometric Testing