Great Myths of Personality by Donnellan, M. Brent [Hardback]

Description: Introduction 1 1 Situational Factors Overwhelm Personality When Predicting Behavior 13 2 Personality Measures Do Not Predict Consequential Outcomes (Like Health, Wealth, and Divorce) Well Enough to Be Useful 25 3 There is a Single Gene for a Single Personality Trait 35 4 Evolutionary Perspectives Are Not Relevant for Personality 43 5 People Come in Discrete Personality Types 51 6 Personality Is Too Complicated to Be Measured 59 7 Personality Measures Can Be Faked So They Are Not Valid 69 8 The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Is the Best Approach for Assessing Personality 77 9 Projective Tests Are the Best Approach for Measuring Personality 85 10 Unstructured Interviews are the Best Approach for Measuring Personality 93 11 Most Personality Quizzes in Magazines and on Websites Provide Accurate Information About Your Personality 101 12 Personality Traits Do Not Have Much Consistency Across the Life Span 111 13 Personality Is Completely Stable (or Set Like Plaster) After Age 30 119 14 Traumatic Life Events Dramatically Reshape Personality 127 15 Adolescence Is the Most Significant Period of Personality Development 135 16 Birth Order Is an Important Influence on Personality 141 17 Parenting Practices Are the Major Source of Personality Differences 149 18 Happiness Is Completely Determined by Situational Factors 157 19 Happiness Is Unrelated to Major Life Events 167 20 Happiness Results Primarily From Person-Environment Fit 179 21 There Is a 3-to-1 Positivity-to-Negativity Ratio for Flourishing 189 22 Personality Trait Similarity Matters for Romantic Relationships 195 23 Spouses Are Especially Similar in Terms of Personality Traits or Spouses Have Complementary Personality Traits 203 24 High Self-Esteem and Narcissism Are the Same Attribute 209 25 Perceptions of National Character Reflect "Real" Group Differences 217 26 Personality Is Radically Different From Culture to Culture 225 27 Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus (Men and Women Have Dramatically Different Personalities) 235 28 Clinicians Can't Treat Personality Disorders 243 Index 257

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