Personality And Assessment
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Few books in the history of psychology have challenged the discipline's most cherished assumptions with such intellectual force as Walter Mischel's Personality and Assessment. Published in 1968, this landmark academic text presents a sweeping and rigorous critique of traditional trait-based theories of personality, arguing that human behaviour is far more situationally determined than fixed internal dispositions would suggest — a thesis that ignited one of the most consequential debates in 20th-century psychology. Mischel's prose is precise, methodical, and unflinching, dismantling decades of psychometric assumptions with meticulous empirical evidence. His argument — now famously known as the person-situation debate — reshaped the trajectory of personality psychology, social cognition, and behavioural science alike. This is not merely a textbook; it is a foundational provocation that continues to unsettle and inspire researchers to this day. For anyone serious about understanding the science of human behaviour, the question Mischel raises — do we really have stable personalities? — remains as urgent and unresolved as ever.
Author: Walter Mischel
Format: Hardback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
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Pages: Good
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Few books in the history of psychology have challenged the discipline's most cherished assumptions with such intellectual force as Walter Mischel's Personality and Assessment. Published in 1968, this landmark academic text presents a sweeping and rigorous critique of traditional trait-based theories of personality, arguing that human behaviour is far more situationally determined than fixed internal dispositions would suggest — a thesis that ignited one of the most consequential debates in 20th-century psychology. Mischel's prose is precise, methodical, and unflinching, dismantling decades of psychometric assumptions with meticulous empirical evidence. His argument — now famously known as the person-situation debate — reshaped the trajectory of personality psychology, social cognition, and behavioural science alike. This is not merely a textbook; it is a foundational provocation that continues to unsettle and inspire researchers to this day. For anyone serious about understanding the science of human behaviour, the question Mischel raises — do we really have stable personalities? — remains as urgent and unresolved as ever.