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Complete Idiot's Guide to Personality Profiles

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This book will introduce you to personality theory and development. It discusses personality tests and their interpretation, personality disorders, how your personality determines your work, job, and love life, and what you can do to improve your personality.

Table of Contents:
I. WHAT IS PERSONALITY? 1. The Personality Puzzle. What Is Personality, and Why?. Pieces of the Puzzle Body Basics. Circumstances and Surroundings. Genetic Factors. Theories of Personality. Testing, Testing: Psychological Tests Test Reliability and Validity. Interpreting Tests. Applying Test Results. Personality: A Work in Progress. Personality and Relationship Issues. How Personality Affects Your Career. Changing Your Personality. Check Yourself Out. 2 . You Are What You Believe. The Cognitive/Constructivist Theory. The Social Learning Theory. Early Messages. Reinforcement of Early Messages. Getting to the Core of the Matter How Core Beliefs Affect Personality. A Case Study. Your Brain on Cruise Control. What's That Supposed to Mean? Check Yourself Out. 3. The Psychodynamic (Huh?) Theory of Personality. What Is This Theory, and What Does It Mean? The Importance of the Unconscious Mind. Id, Ego, and Superego. The Five Stages of Development. The Oral Stage. The Anal Stage. The Phallic Stage. The Latency Period. The Genital Stage. A Guy Named Freud and His Followers. Sigmund Freud. Anna Freud. Carl Gustav Jung. Erik Erikson. Check Yourself Out. 4. The Learning Theory of Personality. What It Is and How It Works. The Learning Theory's Beginnings. Is the Learning Theory Relevant Today? Learning Theory Big Shots: John B.Watson and His Followers. John B.Watson. Edward Lee Thorndike. B.F.Skinner. The Role of Reinforcing Behavior. Focus on Research. Check Yourself Out. 5. The Humanistic Theory of Personality. What It Is and How It Works. The Humanistic Theory's Beginnings. Is the Humanistic Theory Relevant Today? Recognizing the Value and Dignity of Every Person. Emphasizing Individual Freedoms. The "Here and Now" Factor. Self-Actualization: Where It's At. The Ideal Self. The Real Self. The Role of Meaning in Personal Development. Current Views of the Humanistic Theory. Check Yourself Out. 6. Other Personality Theories. Neo-Freudian, or Social Theories. Alfred Adler. Individual Psychology. Birth Order. Harry Stack Sullivan. Karen Horney. Development Theorists and Theories. Jean Piaget. Erik Erikson. Understanding Biological Influences. Check Yourself Out. II. TESTS, TESTS, AND MORE TESTS. 7. The Development of Psychological Tests. Whose Idea Was This, Anyway?. What Are Psychological Tests For?. Consistent, Reliable Results--Are They Possible? Do Tests Measure What They're Supposed To? Low-Tech Tests, High-Tech World. Why Go Low-Tech?. Why They're Valuable. Inkblots and Other Projective Tests. The Thematic Apperception Test. Other Kinds of Projective Tests. Check Yourself Out. 8. For Professional Use Only. Professional Tests--A Notch Above the Rest. How Professionals Give Psychological Tests. Why Only Pros Have Access to Some Tests. What the Pros Can--And Can't--Learn from Psychological Testing. Widely Used Psychological Tests. Neuropsychological Tests. Personality Tests. Intelligence Tests. Projective Tests. Check Yourself Out. 9. Tests for Everyone to Take. Where to Find Psychological Tests. Magazines. The Internet. Popular Versus Professional Tests. Some Benefits of Nonprofessional Tests. Tips for Taking Psychological Tests. Some Warnings About Nonprofessional Tests. Check Yourself Out. III. PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS. 10 . Personality Traits. What Personality Traits Say About Who We Are. Explanations of Personality Traits. Personality Trait Theories. The Cattell Trait Model. The Eysenck Trait Theory. The Five Factor Theory. Personality Profiles. Personality Traits. Habits. Specific Behaviors. Tests Used in Profiling. One from Column A ... Type A. Type B. Looking for Middle Ground. Check Yourself Out. 11. Schemas and So Forth. What Is a Schema? What Are Schemas Used For? Different Schema Schemes. How Are Schemas Formed? Temperament. Early Environment. Maintaining Schemas After They're Formed. Cognitive Distortions. Schema Avoidance. Overcompensating to Maintain Schemas or Beliefs. Schema Shortcomings. Check Yourself Out. 12. The All-Important Self-Esteem Factor. Everybody Talks About It, but What Exactly Is It? What the Theorists Say About Self-Esteem. What Does Self-Esteem Do for You? Where Does Self-Esteem Come From? Different Measures of Self-Esteem. Inherent or Developed? Making Sure We Foster Self-Esteem in Others. How Some People Get Shortchanged. Making Sure You Get What You Deserve. Everyone Has the Right to Say No. Determining Your Self-Esteem Level. Check Yourself Out. 13. States of Being. Temporary Conditions. Where Do They Come From? Living in an Altered State. Depression. Anxiety. Panic Disorder. Adjustment Disorder. Working with the Hand Life Deals Us. The Mind-Body Connection. Check Yourself Out. IV. PERSONALITY DISORDERS. 14. Eccentric Behaviors. Recognizing Eccentric Behavior. Paranoid Personality Disorder. What Is Paranoid Behavior?. The Paranoia Schema. Getting Help for Paranoid Personality Disorder. Schizoid Personality Disorder. What Is Schizoid Behavior?. The Schizoid Schema. Getting Help for a Schizoid Person. Schizotypal Personality Disorder. What Is Schizotypal Behavior? The Schizotypal Schema. Getting Help for a Schizotypal Person. Check Yourself Out. 15. Dramatic Behaviors. How Dramatic Behavior Is Identified. Antisocial Personality Disorder. What Is Antisocial Behavior?. The Antisocial Schema. Getting Help for an Antisocial Person. Borderline Personality Disorder. What Is Borderline Disorder? The Borderline Schema. Getting Help for a Borderline Person. Histrionic Personality Disorder. What Is Histrionic Disorder?. The Histrionic Schema. Getting Help for a Histrionic Person. Narcissistic Personality Disorder. What Is Narcissistic Disorder? The Narcissistic Schema. Getting Help for a Narcissistic Person. Check Yourself Out. 16. Fearful Behaviors. How Fearful Behavior Is Identified. Avoidant Personality Disorder. What Is Avoidant Personality Disorder? The Avoidant Schema. Getting Help for an Avoidant Person. Dependent Personality Disorder. What Is Dependent Personality Disorder? The Dependent Schema. Getting Help for a Dependent Person. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder. What Is Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder? The Obsessive-Compulsive Schema. Getting Help for an Obsessive-Compulsive Person. Check Yourself Out. 17. The Addictive Personality: Myth or Reality? The Debate About Addictive Behaviors. The Disease Model. The Social Learning Model. Different Kinds of Addictions. Characteristics of Addictive Behaviors. When Does a Habit Become an Addiction?. How Addictions and Personality Affect One Another. Do Addictions Count as Personality Disorders? Determining If You're at Risk. Check Yourself Out. V. FOR LOVE AND MONEY. 18. Your Personality and Your Love Life. Love at First Sight. Personality Types That Attract--or Don't. I'd Like to Get to Know You. Oil and Water. Trouble in Paradise. How to Tell If You Have a Problem. What to Do When Problems Occur. Making the Most of Counseling. Check Yourself Out. 19. Personality on the Job. How Personality Counts in Your Career. A Butcher, A Baker, A Candlestick Maker. Choosing a Career That's Right for You. Matching Traits with Jobs. Learning to Live with Co-Workers and Bosses. Dealing With Difficult Employees. When Violence Hits the Workplace. Recognizing the Warning Signs. Coping with It Once It Happens. Check Yourself Out. 20. Molding the Future. Your Personality and Parenting. Why Some People Are Great Parents. Why Others Aren't Great Parents. Personality Traits That Challenge Good Parenting. What We Expect of Our Kids. Teach Your Children Well. To Spank or Not To Spank? Remembering What's Important. Check Yourself Out. VI. PERSONALITY AND CHANGE. 21. Can a Leopard Change His Spots? What We Can or Can't Change. Time for a Change? Identifying the Problem. The Stages of Change. Cognitive Therapy: The Basic Tool for Change. Evaluating Automatic Thoughts. Developing Alternative Automatic Thoughts. You Gotta Believe. Are We There Yet? Check Yourself Out. 22. Changing What We Believe. What's That Mean? Anxiety and Automatic Thoughts. Substance Abuse and Automatic Thoughts. A Relationship Problem and Automatic Thoughts. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Automatic Thoughts. Anorexia/Bulimia and Automatic Thoughts. Cognitive Therapy for Change Worksheet. Check Yourself Out. 23. Changing How We Behave. Behavior Therapy. Roger Reduces His Anxiety Level. Preparing for the Interview. Using Relaxation Techniques. Tom Resists Temptation. Saying "No Thanks." Dealing with Cravings. Joyce and Robert Work on Their Relationship. Accepting and Expressing Anger. Learning to Listen and Respond. Anna Works Through Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior. Using Thought-Stopping to End a Behavior. Cutting Back on the Behavior. Jeri Delays Her Anorexic/Bulimic Behavior. Behavior Change Worksheet. Check Yourself Out. 24. Rewriting History. Axis I and Axis II Revisited. The Role of Core Beliefs. Getting to the Core of the Problem. The Core Belief Factor in Substance Abuse. The Core Belief Factor in Relationship Problems. The Core Belief Factor in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Discovering the Core Belief Behind Anorexia/Bulimia. Core Belief Worksheet. Check Yourself Out. 25. Do Not Attempt to Do This at Home. Self-Help Only Goes So Far. Learning to Help Yourself. Knowing When You're in over Your Head. Someone to Lean On. Why the Stigma of Getting Professional Help? What Kind of Folks Get Therapy? There's No Shame in Seeking Help. Finding the Right Therapist. When You and Your Shrink Don't See Eye to Eye. Check Yourself Out. 26. Cheer Up, Will Ya? Positive Psychology. Everybody's Talking About It. Adapting Upward. Adapting Downward. Happiness and Temperament. Born to Be a Pessimist. Learning to Be an Optimist. Developing Positive Beliefs. Getting Social Support. The Power of Spirituality. The Power of Visualization. Check Yourself Out. 27. Taking a Good, Long Look in Your Crystal Ball. Where Are You, and Where Are You Headed? Final Review Worksheet. Why Some People Avoid Getting Help. What About the Positive Stuff? A Visualization Guide. Follow-Up Worksheet. Check Yourself Out. APPENDIXES. A. Glossary. B. Additional Resources. Index

About the Author :
Allen R Miller PhD is a licensed psychologist with 20 years of clinical experience. Susan Shelly is the CD-author of several Complete Idiot's Guides.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780028638157
  • Publisher: Pearson Professional Education
  • Publisher Imprint: Alpha Books
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 230 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0028638158
  • Publisher Date: 29 Aug 2000
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 384
  • Weight: 678 gr


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