1st Edition

Personality and Assessment

By Walter Mischel Copyright 1996
380 Pages
by Psychology Press

380 Pages
by Psychology Press

380 Pages
by Psychology Press

After many "out-of-print" years, this volume has been reissued in response to an increasing demand for copies. This reflects that the fundamental questions that motivated this book thirty years ago are still being asked. But more important, the answers -- or at least their outlines -- now seem to be in sight. In 1968, this book stood as an expression of a paradigm crisis in its critique of the... Read more
Contents: Introduction. Consistency and Specificity in Behavior. Traits and States as Constructs. Personality Correlates. Utility. Principles of Social Behavior. Behavior Change. Assessment for Behavior Change. Personality and Prediction.

Biography

Walter Mischel