Perspectives on Personality

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Are you ready for a fresh perspective with Carver/Scheier? The writing style is very comfortable. The Authors present the material at the correct level and in a nice conversational style. - Peter Miene, Winona State University Excellent examples throughout the text. ...Carver/Schier text does a good job of covering the major theoretical perspectives.- Andrea Zevenberger, University of North Dakota The various perspectives of the field of psychology provide the organizing framework of this successful text: each perspective is presented in two chapters and is introduced by a prologue that describes the assumptions and themes of the perspective. Engaging and very successful, this new edition introduces hundred of new citations; presents the ideas logically and orderly and concludes with a unique Integration chapter that brings the various perspectives in then field together.