Individual Differences and Personality, 3rd Edition
Colin Cooper

Colin Cooper's 'Individual Differences' has been a favourite among lecturers and students of differential psychology since it was published in 1997. It is unique in its comprehensive coverage of both personality theories and the methodological issues associated with personality and psychometric testing.

This new edition has been fully revised and expanded to include recent developments in the field. There is also a new chapter on Emotional Intelligence and expanded coverage of the Big 5 model of personality and positive psychology. Cooper also discusses influential new fields such as cognitive epidemiology and a new chapter on practical applications demonstrates how what has been learned can be applied to everyday life from recruitment to predicting whether psychopaths will reoffend.

The accompanying website provides comprehensive support for both students and lecturers, including MCQs, sample exam questions, PowerPoint presentations, revision flashcards, interactive glossary, and revision summaries.

An informative and enjoyable trip through personality and psychometrics, this book is essential reading for all students wishing to gain a broad understanding of this fascinating field.

• New colour design with numerous charts and tables makes the text engaging and easy to navigate
• Pedagogical features, including chapter summaries, suggestions for more indepth reading and a comprehensive glossary, support learning
• Lively self-assessment questions for each chapter stimulate students and encourage critical thinking and deeper engagement with the subject
• Explores the applications, not only the theories, with fascinating real-life examples from the corporate to the criminal world
• MCQs, slides, sample exam questions and ideas for laboratory classes provide lecturers with comprehensive web support
• Free resources for students include revision flashcards, interactive glossary, weblinks and revision summary notes
  
  Table of Contents:
  Introduction to Individual Differences
  Part I: Theories and applications
  Kelly and Rogers
  Freud and post-Freudians
  Broad theories of personality
  Emotional intelligence
  Narrow personality traits
  Biological and social models of personality
  Structure and measurement of abilities
  Ability processes
  Personality and ability over the lifespan
  Environmental and genetic determinants of personality
  Mood and motivation
  Applications of personality and ability testing
  Part II: Methods
  Measuring individual differences
  Reliability and validity of psychological tests
  Factor analysis
  Performing and interpreting factor analyses
  Constructing a test
  Problems with tests
  Conclusions