1st Edition
The Evolution of Personality Assessment in the 21st Century Understanding the People who Understand People
This edited volume provides readers with a deeper knowledge of the growth of personality assessment in North America over the past 40 years through the autobiographies of its most notable figures.
Experts provide insights into their professional backgrounds, training experiences, their contributions and approaches to personality assessment, their perceptions of current trends, and their predictions about the future of the field. Each chapter explores topics of deep significance to the writer, fluidly intertwining theory and personal narrative.
Beginning clinicians, scholars, and students will gain a better understanding of the major empirical advances that were made during the last generation regarding key questions about the nature of people, the structure of personality traits, and the connections between personality and mental health.
1. Understanding People who Understand People
Christopher J. Hopwood
2. The Development of Therapeutic Assessment: From Shame and Isolation to Connection and Love
Stephen E. Finn
3. Personality: The Heart of the Matter
Donna S. Bender
4. My Hobby: Listening for the MMPI’s Questions
David S. Nichols
5. My Journey to the Assessment Land
Ety Berant
6. The Sands of Identity Keep Shifting: Late-Life Career Developments
Irving B. Weiner
7. Reports of my Being an Extravert Are Greatly Exaggerated
Virginia Brabender
8. Thoughts from a Contrarian Generalist: A Roundabout Journey to Where I am Now
Robert F. Bornstein
9. An Overdetermined Life in Psychoanalysis
Nancy McWilliams
10. Influences and Inspirations
Robert P. Archer
11. It Takes a Village to Raise an MMPI Author
Yossef S. Ben-Porath
12. A Long Life: Twists and Turns
Phebe Cramer
13. Thomas A. Widiger: Personality Assessment
Thomas A. Widiger
14. Evolving Convictions through Dogged Pursuit of Answers and Large Dollops of Luck: My Piece in the World of Personality and Psychopathology Assessment
Lee Anna Clark
15. My Journey to Become a Clinical Psychologist
Roger L. Greene
16. From Stable Traits to Spinning Vectors: A Measurement Driven Journey
D.S. Moskowitz
17. A Brief History of "Me"
Lorna Smith Benjamin
18. The Numbers and the Story
Leslie C. Morey
19. Circle Songs and Sands of Time
Aaron L. Pincus
Biography
Dr. Christopher J. Hopwood is Professor of Personality Psychology at the University of Zurich. He is a fellow and former board member of the Society for Personality Assessment and Associate Editor of the Journal of Personality Assessment and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
"Hopwood has assembled a fascinating array of stories from personality assessment luminaries about their personal and professional shaping influences, their life- and career trajectories. In essence, these are gifts of generativity. This treasure chest of narratives will inspire future generations of personality assessors to find their visions and carve out their unique paths."
-Radhika Krishnamurthy, PsyD, ABAP; Clinical Psychology Professor, Florida Institute of Technology; Former President, Society for Personality Assessment
"People who understand people know that scientists are not inert ingredients in their research. Chris Hopwood has curated a master list of the most accomplished and influential living personality assessment scientists and practitioners to share their professional journeys, which have left an indelible mark on the field. The result is a brightly illuminating volume that will be a must read for those who want to understand how we come to understand people."
-Aidan Wright, PhD; Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh
