The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)
"Personality is the core discipline of psychology and to be a personality psychologist requires a broad understanding of the subject's diverse fields. The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology expertly demonstrates this breadth, bringing together some of the leading young as well as established researchers in personality. Corr and Matthews, two well-known personality researchers, show how personality is an international discipline with a diversity of approaches but one common goal: excellent science."--William Revelle, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University"Thoroughly up-to-date and all-encompassing, with impeccable authorship - this volume is a must for the shelves of all personality researchers and teachers."--Glenn Wilson, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London"...This book nicely moves past simplistic "either-or" thinking and gives examples of  the effective synthesis of various viewpoints and approaches. The handbook presents breadth at the expense of depth... Recommended..."--C. J. Jones, California State University, Fresno, CHOICE"A comprehensive review of personality psychology, this book covers a range of topics, including those that are standard in personality texts (conceptualization, biological and cultural perspectives) as well as more unique additions (social pain and hurt feelings, animal models, and politics)... written in a manner appropriate for graduate students, professionals, or academics. Given the broad scope and careful attention to the defining of key constructs and methods, this book will appeal to an audience with varying familiarity with personality psychology.... Overall, I would highly recommend this book as a comprehensive source on the broad field of personality psychology."--Alexander L. Chapman, Canadian Psychology/ Psychologie  Canadienne