Theories of Personality

Theories Of Personality 4th Edition is a comprehensive academic journal recording all theories engaged through the diverse paradigms of personality. The book touches upon the four major theories in an all inclusive manner. It doesn’t just table out features and characteristics associated with the theory but goes into the historical background and lays out a brief biographical sketch of the theorist involved with the same. It also delves into investigations that have been stimulated in the course of exploring these theories and ends with a critical evaluation of every one of these theories.

The Psychodynamics sections engages Freud and Jung in equal measure stating their investigations into the theory of psychoanalytic behaviour. Adler, Fromm, Horney, and Sullivan cast their die into the game with their perspectives on social psychological theories. In the next section that dives into the theory of Personality Structure Murray, Allport, and Cattell are the primary investigators. They lend their expert knowledge into the facets of the Individual, Personology and the Factor Analytic Trait Theory. Perspectives on Perceived Reality has one major proponent, Carl Rogers, who achieves much in elucidating on the Person-Centred Theory. The last section on Learning branches out into the Operant Conditioning Theory, the Stimulus-Response Theory and the Social Learning Theories. Skinner, Dollard & Miller and Bandura respectively sketch and fill in all the details pertaining to the aforementioned theories.