Books on Personality and Socialization

Theories of Personality Book by Calvin S. Hall, Gardner Lindzey, John B. Campbell

Handbook of Socialization: Theory and Research by Joan E. Grusec and Paul D. Hastings

Handbook of Personality: Theory and Research, Second Edition Book by Lawrence A. Pervin (Editor), Oliver P. John (Editor)

Motivational Science: Social and Personality Perspectives: Key Readings (Key Readings in Social Psychology) by E.tory Higgins

Personality in Intimate Relationships: Socialization and Psychopathology Luciano L'Abate

Social and Personality Development Book by David R. Shaffer

Self-theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development (Essays in Social Psychology) Book by Carol S. Dweck

Personality: Theory and Research Lawrence A. Pervin, Daniel Cervone, Oliver P. John

Personality and Work: Reconsidering the Role of Personality in Organizations
Book by Murray Barrick (Editor), Ann Marie Ryan (Editor)

Handbook of Personality Psychology Book by Robert Hogan, John Johnson, Stephen Briggs

Child Training and Personality: A Cross-Cultural Study John W. M. Whiting, Irvin L. Child

Handbook of Child Psychology, Socialization, Personality and Social Development (Handbook of Child Psychology) Book by Paul Mussen, E. Mavis Hetherington (Editors)

Personality in Adulthood, A Five-Factor Theory Perspective Book by Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa Jr.

Paradigms of Personality Assessment Book by Jerry S. Wiggins

Social Structure and Personality Development: The Individual as a Productive Processor of Reality Book by Klaus Hurrelmann

SOCIAL STRUCTURE & PERSON Book by Talcott Parsons

The Incomplete Adult: Social Class Constraints on Personality Development (Contributions in Sociology) Book by Margaret J. Lundberg

Social and Personality Development: Infancy Through Adolescence
Book by William Damon

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Personality in Intimate Relationships: Socialization and Psychopathology Book by Luciano L'Abate
Author presents a new theory of personality within the relational context of the family and other networks of intimate relationships. It acknowledges the roles of caretakers, siblings, relatives, friends and partners as important aspects of development that interface with an individual’s personality and contributes to overall development. Functionality and dysfunctionality are viewed through this concept that makes the connection between personality socialization and the ability to love as well as to negotiate the problem solving tasks inherent in living.

Social and Personality Development Book by David R. Shaffer
The success of this best-selling text lies in the author's belief that a good text talks with, rather than at, its readers. Shaffer does an extraordinary job of anticipating students' interests, questions, and concerns in the process of learning about social and personality development. The Fifth edition of SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT features clearly written, current coverage of social and personality development.

Self-theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development (Essays in Social Psychology) Book by Carol S. Dweck
Dweck (Psychology, Columbia U.) uses her original research to show how examining self-theories can shed light on basic issues of human motivation, social cognition, personality, the self, mental health, and development.

Personality: Theory and Research Book by Lawrence A. Pervin, Daniel Cervone, Oliver P. John
Personality: Theory and Research, 9th Edition introduces the primary theoretical perspectives that guide contemporary research on personality and individual differences, while also reviewing a wide range of contemporary scientific findings on personality. In its 7th edition, this psychology text classifies as a standard in introducing personality theory to undergraduate students.

Personality and Work: Reconsidering the Role of Personality in Organizations
Book by Murray Barrick (Editor), Ann Marie Ryan (Editor)
The subject of personality has received increasing attention from industrial/organizational psychologists in both research and practice settings over the past decade. But while there is an overabundance of information related to the narrow area of personality testing and employee selection, there has been no definitive source offering a broader perspective on the overall topic of personality in the workplace. Personality and Work at last provides an in-depth examination of the role of personality in work behavior. An array of expert authors discusses the connection of personality to a wide range of outcomes beyond performance.

Handbook of Personality Psychology Book by Robert Hogan, John Johnson, Stephen Briggs
This book on personality psychology is written for students and nonpsychologists. Explores conceptual and measurement issues in personality, developmental issues, biological and social determinants of personality, dynamic personality processes, personality and the self, and applied psychology. Also discusses the history of personality psychology, psychobiographies, traits, individuality, family influences on personality development, women's personality development, cross-cultural perspectives on personality, emotions and psychosomatics.

Child Training and Personality: A Cross-Cultural Study Book by John W. M. Whiting, Irvin L. Child
This study examines the problem of how culture is integrated through the medium of personality processes and the influence both of culture upon personality and of personality upon culture.

Handbook of Child Psychology, Socialization, Personality and Social Development (Handbook of Child Psychology) Book by Paul Mussen, E. Mavis Hetherington (Editors)
Providing you with the latest research findings and opinions of distinguished authorities, it covers four areas: history, theory and methods; infancy and developmental psychobiology; cognitive development; and socialization, personality and social development.

Personality in Adulthood, A Five-Factor Theory Perspective Book by Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa Jr.
"...an impressive work, which can serve as a text for students of personality and life-course development, a source of insight for clinicians, and a challenge for researchers." - Readings
"...addresses students in courses on personality research, life span development, and the psychology of aging. The book will be convincing to those who believe that personality is what personality tests measure and to those who believe that personality is what personality tests measure and to those who welcome a 'clean and mean' psychometric theorectomy to unclutter the complexities of the personality domain.." - Contemporary Psychology

Paradigms of Personality Assessment Book by Jerry S. Wiggins
Describes the essence of five approaches to personality assessment. "This book articulates a vision of the theory and practice of personality assessment that will inform beginners and experts alike. Beginning students will find this volume a welcome introduction to personality assessment vivified by a multifaceted study of a single case. There is no comparable treatment of the scientific and practical foundations of personality assessment." - Daniel J. Ozer, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside
"One of the recognized giants of personality assessment has summarized the history and state of the art of five assessment paradigms. This is an essential text for anyone who assesses personality. It is suitable for use in graduate-level clinical psychology courses, as well as personality courses for graduates and advanced undergrads." - Robert R. McCrae, PhD

Social Structure and Personality Development: The Individual as a Productive Processor of Reality Book by Klaus Hurrelmann
Hurrelmann analyzes the concepts of human development that underlie the different sociological and psychological theories of personality development, and proposes his own concept of socialization.

Social and Personality Development: Infancy Through Adolescence
Book by William Damon
William Damon's book is a comprehensive and well-written account of social and personality development: individuality, the origins of self in infancy, childhood; peer relations and the development of prosocial behavior; adult-child relations; adolescent social relations; and consolidation of adolescent identity.

Theories of Personality Book by Calvin S. Hall, Gardner Lindzey, John B. Campbell
Textbook that defined the field of personality theory in 1957. Covers the psychodynamic theories of Freud and Jung, the personality structural theories of Murray and Cattell, the perceived reality perspective of Kelly and Rogers, and the learning-based theories of Skinner, Dollard, Miller and Bandura. The fourth edition is theory-oriented and has been reorganized into four parts examing theories of psychodynamics, personality structure, growth and perceived reality, and learning.

Handbook of Personality: Theory and Research, Second Edition Book by Lawrence A. Pervin (Editor), Oliver P. John (Editor)
New edition of a handbook that takes into consideration the dialectic between continuity and change in personality functioning across situations and time. It contains sections on major theoretical perspectives, naturalizing the self, personal narratives and the life story, personality and motivation, emotion, personality and health, attribution, creativity and genius, principles for personality assessment, and stress, coping, and self-regulatory processes.

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