Personality Psychology: Understanding Yourself and Others [RENTAL EDITION]

by Jean M. Twenge, Keith Campbell

This print textbook is available for students to rent for their classes. The Pearson print rental program provides students with affordable access to learning materials, so they come to class ready to succeed.
For courses in Personality Psychology

A modern approach to personality that harnesses students' curiosity about themselves and their peers
Personality Psychology: Understanding Yourself and Others presents an up-to-date overview of arguably the most interesting and relevant subfield in psychology for today's undergraduate students. Committed to teaching students about personality psychology as well as about life itself, authors Jean Twenge and W. Keith Campbell address students' most pressing questions about friendship, relationships, health, happiness, and more. Designed to appeal to today's students -- who are enmeshed in social media -- the 2nd Edition offers coverage of contemporary topics of interest, such as how the "Big Five" personality traits relate to digital communication and the impact of partner personality traits on relationship satisfaction.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction

608 pages, Paperback

Published May 17, 2019

About the author

Dr. Twenge frequently gives talks and seminars on teaching and working with today’s young generation based on a dataset of 11 million young people. Her audiences have included college faculty and staff, high school teachers, military personnel, camp directors, and corporate executives. Her research has been covered in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, and The Washington Post, and she has been featured on Today, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Fox and Friends, NBC Nightly News, Dateline NBC, and National Public Radio.

She holds a BA and MA from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She lives in San Diego with her husband and three daughters.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good textbook. Tries to interact with people my age and be funny, and it actually works. It's not super cringey humor. Overall, easy to read and to study. I liked it. Minus one star because of the pain the teacher put me through.

[Syn :) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best textbook that I've "had" to read for a class. Very entertaining and informative, as all learning should be. :) 10/10 recommend.