xxxiv, 664 pages : 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and indexes The study of the person -- The science of personality : methods and assessment -- Personality research methods -- Assessment, effect size, and ethics -- How people differ : the trait approach -- Personality traits, situations, and behavior -- Personality judgment -- Using personality traits to understand behavior -- Personality stability, development, and change -- The mind and the body : biological approaches to personality -- The anatomy and physiology of personality -- The inheritance of personality : behavioral genetics and evolutionary psychology -- The hidden world of the mind : the psychoanalytic approach -- Basics of psychoanalysis -- Psychoanalysis after freud : neo-freudians, object relations, and current research -- Experience and awareness : humanistic and cross-cultural psychology -- Experience, existence, and the meaning of life : humanistic and positive psychology -- Cultural variation in experience, behavior, and personality -- What personality does : learning, thinking, feeling, and knowing -- Learning to be a person : behaviorism and the social learning theories -- Personality processes : perception, thought, motivation, and emotion -- The self : what you know about you -- Personality, mental health, and physical health -- Epilogue: looking back and looking ahead