Individual Differences, 2Ed

Colin Cooper (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2002 | 2nd New edition
Hodder Arnold (Verlag)
9780340808160 (ISBN)

Infos

Colin Cooper's Individual Differences has been a favourite among lecturers and students of differential psychology since it was published in 1997. It is unique in its comprehensive coverage of both personality theories and the methodological issues associated with personality and psychometric testing.

Autor

Colin Cooper is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Queen's University Belfast, UK.

Inhalt

Introduction to individual differences
Measuring individual differences
Kelly and Rogers
The reliability and validity of psychological tests
Freud's psychoanalytic theory
Factor analysis
Trait theories of personality
Performing and interpreting factor analysis
Alternative approaches to assessing personality
Biological and social bases of personality
The structure and measurement of abilities
Item response theory
Ability processes
Personality and ability over the lifespan
Environmental and genetic determinants of personality and ability
The psychology of mood and motivation
Constructing a test
Problems with tests
Conclusions
Appendices
Indexes

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.7.2002
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• ISBN-13: 9780340808160 / 9780340808160
• Zustand: Neuware