Personality, Individual Differences and Intelligence

Dr John Maltby is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Leicester. Dr Liz Day is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Sheffield Hallam University. Professor Ann Mackaskill is at Sheffield Hallam University.  She is a Chartered Health Psychologist and trained in cognitive behavioural therapy.

PART 1 Personality
1 Personality Theory in Context  
2 The Basis of the Psychoanalytic Approach to Personality  
3 Developments of Freudian Theorising  
4 Learning Theory Perspectives on Personality  
5 Cognitive Personality Theories
6 Humanistic Personality Theories  
7 The Trait Approach to Personality  
8 Biological Basis of Personality I: Genetic Heritability of Personality and Biological and Physiological Models of Personality  
9 Biological Basis of Personality II: Evolutionary Psychology and Animal Studies of Personality

PART 2 Intelligence
10 An Introduction to Intelligence
11 Theories and Measurement of Intelligence
12 The Use of Intelligence Tests: What Questions Emerge from the Measurement of Intelligence?
13 Heritability and Socially Defined Race Differences in Intelligence
14 Intelligence and the Self: Emotional Intelligence, Creativity, and Sex Differences in Intelligence.
15 The Application of Personality and Intelligence in Education and the Workplace.

PART 3 Applications in Individual Differences
16 Optimism
17 Irrational Beliefs
18 Embarrassment, Shyness and Social Anxiety
19 Interpersonal Relationships
20 Social Attitudes and Culture
21 Well-being and Personality Disorders
22 Individual Differences in Health and Illness
23 An Introduction to Psychometric Testing