Normal Personality Processes

Progress in Experimental Personality Research, Volume 13: Normal Personality Processes focuses on the theory and measurement of personality research. This book begins with a detailed analysis of theoretical and conceptual aspects of gender research, followed by a discussion of the theoretical framework for the study of action control or choice behavior that encompasses a wide range of normal human action in addition to providing a schema in which the concept of "learned helplessness might be handled. This publication concludes with a review and synthesis of data treating juvenile delinquency as a phenomenon of impression management and report on the personality correlates of chronic headache. This volume is recommended for psychologists and specialists researching on normal personality processes.

ContributorsPrefaceMasculinity, Femininity, and Gender-Related Traits: A Conceptual Analysis and Critique of Current Research I. Introduction II. Properties of the Personal Attributes Questionnaire and Bern Sex Role Inventory III. Conceptions of Masculinity, Femininity, and Sex-Role Identification IV. Androgyny and Its Vicissitudes V. What Do the BSRI and PAQ Measure? VI. Issues Related to Combining M and F Scores VII. Androgyny as an Emergent Construct VIII. Issues Related to Mental Health IX. Masculinity and Femininity as Gender Identity X. Summary and Conclusions ReferencesVolitional Aspects of Achievement Motivation and Learned Helplessness: Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Action Control I. Introduction II. Action Control and Achievement-Related Behavior III. A General Framework for the Theory of Action Control IV. The Problem of Volition in Various Subfields of Psychology V. Two Modes of Control: Action and State Orientations VI. Conclusion ReferencesDifferential Involvement in Delinquency: Toward an Interpretation in Terms of Reputation Management I. Introduction II. Research Strategies III. The Consistency of Delinquent Conduct IV. Explanations of Delinquency V. Delinquency and Reputation VI. Delinquency as a Consequence of Knowledge Deficits VII. Motivational Factors in Delinquency VIII. Conclusions ReferencesActs, Dispositions, and Personality I. From Acts to Dispositions II. Act Frequency Research Methods III. The Comparative Analysis of Dispositions IV. Dispositions as Modal Human Tendencies V. Analysis of Individual Differences in Dispositions VI. Dispositions in the Idiographic Analysis of Persons VII. From Dispositions to Personality ReferencesPersonality and Chronic Headache I. Introduction II. Classification and Description of Headache III. Review of the Clinical Observation Literature IV. Review of Investigations Employing Standardized Psychological Tests V. Studies on Personality and Headache from the SUNYA Headache Project VI. Overall Discussion ReferencesIndexContents of Previous Volumes