H elps students relate current research in the field of personality psychology to their daily lives. This book introduces students to the basic foundations and latest findings by presenting the fundamental questions, accumulated knowledge, and latest findings in genetics, neuroscience, traits, self and identity, intrapsychic aspects, regulation, motivation, and cognition, as well as the integration across these areas. Personality Psychology is an undergraduate textbook for personality psychology: the study of individual differences, for identifying ways in which people are both similar and different and for explaining how they became that way. Written with an approachable, story-telling style, the author presents an evidence-based text with integrated culture references and the key building blocks of the subject matter: genetics, neuroscience, and cognition. Miserandino is an APA-award winning teacher and has placed learning tools such as self-assessments within each chapter that guide students into a complete understanding throughout the text. Click here to view a sample chapter! http://bit.ly/Miserandino Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to: Analyze both the foundations and findings of the research process Learn about themselves, the people around them, and how personality psychology applies to their everyday lives Understand and interpret new discoveries in psychology and related fields as they occur in the future Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visit: www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a valuepack of the text + MySearchLab (at no additional cost).

玛丽安•米瑟兰迪诺（Marianne　Miserandino）来自于心理学教学协会［美国心理学会（APA）第二分会］,是2010年度四年制学院和大学罗伯特•S.丹尼尔（Robert　S.Daniel）杰出教学奖得主。她同样也是2009年阿卡迪亚大学（Arcadia　University）的年度教授,以及2000年林德柏克（Lindback）杰出教学奖得主。

米瑟兰迪诺博士在罗彻斯特大学（the　University　of　Rochester）获得了心理学学士学位,并在康奈尔大学（Cornell　University）获得了社会人格心理学博士学位。在罗彻斯特大学结束了关于人类动机的博士后研究及一段时间的全职教学工作之后,米瑟兰迪诺博士来到了阿卡迪亚大学。

她是美国心理学会的理事,同时也是美国心理科学协会、人格和社会心理学协会、教学心理学协会、六西格玛—科学研究协会（Sigma　Ⅺ—The　Scientific　Research　Society）以及菲卡帕菲（Phi　Kappa　Phi）荣誉协会的会员,并服务于美国心理学会第二分会少数民族问题工作组。

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黄子岚,毕业于华东师范大学心理与认知科学学院,获理学硕士学位。黄女士在人格测试和评价方面有丰富的项目经验,在人格测试工具的本土化和应用方面积累了较多的方法和经验；曾以第一作者身份于国家核心期刊《心理科学进展》发表学术论文。