Author : Philip J. Corr & Gerald Matthews
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Year : 2009
Page : 906
Language : English
File Type : Pdf
Size : 4.370 KB
Review : Personality psychology has never been in better health than at the present time. The idea that we can describe and measure meaningful stable traits, such as extraversion and emotionality, is no longer very controversial. The study of traits has been boosted by, at least, a partial consensus among researchers on the nature of the major traits, by advances in genetics and neuroscience, and by increasing integration with various fields of mainstream
psychology. Other perspectives on personality have also flourished, stimulated by advances in social-cognitive theory, by the rediscovery of the unconscious and implicit personality processes and by increasing interest in the relationship between emotion and personality. The growing prominence of personality as an arena for an integrated understanding of psychology has motivated the present Handbook. In this introductory chapter, we provide a brief overview of the main issues, themes and research topics that are addressed in more depth by the contributors to this volume. Despite contemporary optimism, the study of personality has often been contentious and riven by fundamental disputes among researchers. A persistent issue is the nature of personality itself: what issues are central to investigating personality, and which properly belong to other sub-disciplines of psychology? At times, it has seemed as though different schools of ‘personality’ research have been addressing entirely different topics. Until quite recently, there was little communication between biologically and socially oriented researchers, for example. Debates in the field tended to devolve into rigid dichotomies, forcing researchers into one camp or another.
psychology. Other perspectives on personality have also flourished, stimulated by advances in social-cognitive theory, by the rediscovery of the unconscious and implicit personality processes and by increasing interest in the relationship between emotion and personality. The growing prominence of personality as an arena for an integrated understanding of psychology has motivated the present Handbook. In this introductory chapter, we provide a brief overview of the main issues, themes and research topics that are addressed in more depth by the contributors to this volume. Despite contemporary optimism, the study of personality has often been contentious and riven by fundamental disputes among researchers. A persistent issue is the nature of personality itself: what issues are central to investigating personality, and which properly belong to other sub-disciplines of psychology? At times, it has seemed as though different schools of ‘personality’ research have been addressing entirely different topics. Until quite recently, there was little communication between biologically and socially oriented researchers, for example. Debates in the field tended to devolve into rigid dichotomies, forcing researchers into one camp or another.
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