An Introduction to Theories of Personality

This 7th Edition helps students unravel the mysteries of human behavior through its highly readable introduction to the ideas of the most significant personality theorists. Engaging biographical sketches begin each chapter, and unique capsule summaries help students review key concepts. Theories come alive through the inclusion of quotations from the theorists' writings and numerous applications such as dream interpretation, psychopathology, and psychotherapy. Significant changes in the 7th edition include an extended discussion of the practical applications of personality theory, with an emphasis on guidelines that can help people increase their self-knowledge, make better decisions, and live more fulfilling lives. Fictionalized but true-to-life examples illustrating the perils of inadequate self-knowledge include college students, parents, terrorists, business executives, and politicians, while other examples show the positive outcomes that can result from a better understanding of one's unconscious.This 7

Robert B. Ewen, Ph.D., teaches advanced placement psychology at Gulliver Preparatory School in Miami, Florida. He previously taught at New York University and Florida International University. Dr. Ewen is also the co-author of a successful college text on statistics for the behavioral sciences that is currently in its sixth edition.