Individual Differences, 2Ed

Colin Cooper is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Queen's University Belfast, UK.

Introduction to individual differences
Measuring individual differences
Kelly and Rogers
The reliability and validity of psychological tests
Freud's psychoanalytic theory
Factor analysis
Trait theories of personality
Performing and interpreting factor analysis
Alternative approaches to assessing personality
Biological and social bases of personality
The structure and measurement of abilities
Item response theory
Ability processes
Personality and ability over the lifespan
Environmental and genetic determinants of personality and ability
The psychology of mood and motivation
Constructing a test
Problems with tests
Conclusions
Appendices
Indexes