Personality psychology : domains of knowledge about human nature / Randy J. Larsen, David M. Buss.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"We have devoted our lives to the scientific study of personality. We believe this subdiscipline, the scientific study of what it means to be a person, is one of the most exciting parts of psychology. Thus we were enormously gratified to see the volume of e-mails, letters, and comments from satisfied consumers of our first through seventh editions. At the same time, preparing the eighth edition proved to be a humbling experience. The cascade of exciting findings in the field of personality is formidable, requiring not merely updating but also the addition of major sections of new material. Moreover, in important ways, our first edition proved prescient in terms of changes in how the field is organized and taught"-- Provided by publisher.