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Theories of Personality

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Accurate and authoritative, Theories of Personality by Jess and Gregory Feist presents 23 leading theories of personality in a thorough, interesting and logical manner. The book begins with an introductory chapter designed to acquaint students with the meaning of personality and provide them with a solid foundation for understanding the nature of theory and its crucial contributions to science. The next seventeen chapters present twenty-three major theories with a fresh approach and a more complete view encompassing, a biographical sketch of each theorist, related research and applications to real life. When appropriate, the authors point out ways in which the theorists' life experiences may have helped shape her or his theory.

608 pages, Paperback

First published February 1,1990

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Format
608 pages, Paperback
Published
May 29, 2001 by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
ISBN
9780072316797
ASIN
0072316799
Language
English

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Jesse John Feist was an American professor of psychology and author. Born in Spearville, Kansas, he excelled in athletics and academics, earning a B.A. from St. Mary of the Plains College, an M.A. from Wichita State University, and an Ed.D. from the University of Kansas. Feist spent his career at McNeese State University, where he chaired the Psychology Department for 17 years and received the Distinguished Professor Award. He co-authored widely used psychology textbooks, including Theories of Personality and Health Psychology. A lifelong sports enthusiast, he was an avid runner, golfer, and St. Louis Cardinals fan. He was married to Mary Jo McComb for 51 years, and they had five children. Feist retired in 2006 and was named Professor Emeritus in 2007.

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todiefor
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April 17,2025
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This is the worst written textbook i have ever encountered. I'm so sorry if your instructor is subjecting you to the torture that is this textbook. The authors walk around the point so many times before making it that you're too dizzy dehydrated and dejected to attempt comprehending anything that makes a modicum of sense.
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kurorin579
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April 17,2025
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I LOVED this book as a tag along for this class!!!! It was written so easily to understand and made the class just that much more fascinating!!! I may be a Psych major, but I swear that this has been one of the best books that was required along with the class readings!! The information was relevant, the material written to make it more interesting, and then had ways to further delve into the Personality Theories online!! What could be better than all that?! For a school book, not much else.
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April 17,2025
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ترجمه روان و عالی.
به نظرم دربین کتاب های شخصیت بهترین کتاب همین است.
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animechatchat234
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April 17,2025
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I read the 9th edition and found it fascinating. I really liked that they has a small biography for each theorist. It really helped me understand why they believed what they did.
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HoozyOne
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April 17,2025
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Very interesting book, learn a lot while I was in my psychology class, while reading this book. It gave some important information when it came to personality of human identity. I had to read this book for my psychology of personality class.
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sacora
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April 17,2025
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I read this book because I needed to pass my board exam for psychometrician. I enjoyed reading this book for months because I always re-read some parts of the theories, especially the psychodynamics theory. The related researches are really informative and has given me ideas on future researches to conduct. Overall, this book has given me an in-depth understanding about the theories of personality.
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April 17,2025
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5 ⭐️ it’s such a good textbook, the format to explain the theories is so good. i think it’s presented in such an interesting way, and i absolutely loved the way it was set out. personality theories are overall so incredibly interesting and i’m glad i had the chance to read this. at first, i was kind of scared about having to read the whole thing, but it turned out to be so so good.
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April 17,2025
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For a textbook, this wasn't bad. If you're interested in the different personality theorists (Freud, Jung, Adler, etc.), this is a great book.
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